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Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals reverses summary judgment and holds against insurer in bad faith action related to uninsured motorist claim

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • August 27 2009

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals recently reversed an award of summary judgment that had been in favor of an insurer in a bad faith action regarding an uninsured motorist claim, and found against the insurer

Reinsurer’s motion to seal documents related to arbitration granted by Pennsylvania court

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • August 27 2009

Republic Western Insurance Company ("Republic") reinsured certain workers’ compensation policies issued by Reliance Insurance Company

Connecticut Supreme Court finds automobile insurance policy language ambiguous

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • September 3 2009

The Connecticut Supreme Court recently reversed a judgment that had been in favor of an automobile insurer in a breach of contract action brought by glass repair companies who had been assigned the rights of the defendant’s insureds

Federal court orders insurer to produce information about its reinsurance agreements

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • September 2 2009

Mechanical Dynamics & Analysis, LLC ("MD&A") performed repairs on a generator at a power plant owned by the Arizona Public Service Company ("APS"

Connecticut Superior Court grants summary judgment for insurer in lawsuit involving uninsured motor vehicle claim and common law and statutory bad faith claims

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • September 28 2009

An insurer represented by Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge attorneys John Hughes and Julia Ulrich was recently granted summary judgment by the Connecticut Superior Court in a lawsuit involving a claim for uninsured motorist coverage, and also alleging common law and statutory bad faith against the insurer

Eleventh Circuit affirms judgment in favor of contractor’s insurers, finding no bad faith

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • September 10 2009

In Fidelity & Deposit Co., et al. v. Douglas Asphalt Co., et al., No. 09-10919 (11th Cir. Jul. 28, 2009), the Eleventh Circuit affirmed the District Court’s judgment in favor of the insurers, who sought to recover from their insured payments made under payment and performance bonds when the insured allegedly defaulted and failed to complete a project

Federal court rules that arbitration award satisfied final adjudication requirement in intentional acts and personal profit exclusions

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • September 10 2009

Earlier this summer, the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, Western Division held that an arbitrator's determination in an underlying claim triggered the intentional acts and personal profit exclusions in both a D&O and E&O policy

Connecticut trial court awards judgment in favor of insured and rejects insurer’s theory that insured’s lack of income was motive for loss where insured had other assets

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • September 14 2009

A Connecticut trial court recently awarded judgment, following a bench trial, in favor of an insured who sought coverage from her insurance company for her vehicle after it was stolen and destroyed by fire

Trust beneficiary has standing to sue life insurance carrier to collect policy benefits

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • September 14 2009

The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin recently held that a beneficiary of a trust has standing to sue the life insurance carrier to collect policy benefits on an accidental death policy

Delaware Supreme Court: under certain circumstances, a D&O insurer may reasonably withhold its consent to settle

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • September 17 2009

In an August 10, 2009 decision, the Delaware Supreme Court held that under certain circumstances, a D&O insurer may reasonably withhold its consent to settle a claim