Chip Merlin | Property Insurance Coverage Law Blog | August 19, 2019 Crawford has acknowledged that the insurance industry it serves is not living up to its good faith claims obligation in a recent publication. Here is the confession about the 2017 Hurricane season which it reported in Today’s Large & Complex Claims Landscape: Preparing for the… Continue reading Insurance Claim Payment Delay Following Expected Disasters is Epidemic
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California Supreme Court Provides Rare Update on Inverse Condemnation Doctrine
Bradford B. Kuhn and Willis Hon | Nossaman | August 16, 2019 On August 15, 2019, the California Supreme Court (“Supreme Court”) issued its first inverse condemnation opinion in more than 22 years in the case City of Oroville v. Superior Court of Butte County, Case No. S243247 (“Opinion”). In this unanimous opinion authored by Justice Cuéllar, the… Continue reading California Supreme Court Provides Rare Update on Inverse Condemnation Doctrine
PA Superior Court Provides Clarification on Definition of CGL “Occurrence” When Property Damage Is Caused by Faulty Building Conditions
Konrad Krebs and Anthony Miscioscia | White and Williams | July 25, 2019 The standard for an “occurrence” under a commercial general liability (CGL) insurance policy has been addressed on several occasions by Pennsylvania courts when an insured has allegedly performed faulty workmanship on a construction project. Specifically, in Pennsylvania, a claim for damages arising… Continue reading PA Superior Court Provides Clarification on Definition of CGL “Occurrence” When Property Damage Is Caused by Faulty Building Conditions
Substantial Damage, Substantial Structural Damage, Wind Damage, Flood Damage…. Damage Anyway!
Deborah Trotter | Property Insurance Coverage Law Blog | June 27, 2019 Hurricane Michael has left a familiar mark on the Florida Panhandle. Much like Hurricanes Katrina and Ike, Hurricane Michael brought devasting winds followed by wind and flooding and more wind. Battered homes and businesses are assessed in the aftermath in an attempt to… Continue reading Substantial Damage, Substantial Structural Damage, Wind Damage, Flood Damage…. Damage Anyway!
New York Court Holds That the “Lesser of Two” Doctrine Limits Recoverable Damages in Subrogation Actions
Michael DeBona | White and Williams | June 12, 2019 In New York Cent. Mut. Ins. Co. v. TopBuild Home Servs., Inc., 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 69634 (April 24, 2019), the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York recently held that the “lesser of two” doctrine applies to subrogation actions, thereby limiting… Continue reading New York Court Holds That the “Lesser of Two” Doctrine Limits Recoverable Damages in Subrogation Actions