Colorado Supreme Court refuses to apply “reasonable expectations” doctrine, holds pollution exclusion not limited to “traditional” environmental pollution *

USA - March 8 2013
In Mountain States Mutual Casualty Co. v. Roinestad, No. 10SC853, 2013 Colo. LEXIS 166 (Colo. Feb. 25, 2013), the Colorado Supreme Court held that a…

Co-authors: Hillary Coombs Jarvis .

Georgia Supreme Court holds that insurers denying coverage may not reserve right to assert additional defenses *

USA - July 2 2012
In Hoover v. Maxum Indemnity Company, ___ S.E.2d ___, 2012 WL 2217040 (Ga. June 18, 2012), the Georgia Supreme Court, applying Georgia law, reversed the Georgia Court of Appeals’ ruling that an insurer had no duty to defend its policyholder against a personal injury lawsuit filed by the policyholder’s employee, holding that by denying coverage for the claim under the policy’s Employer’s Liability Exclusion, the insurer waived the right to later assert the policy’s late notice provisions.

Co-authors: Hillary Coombs Jarvis .