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Lloyd’s syndicates file declaratory judgment action against BP
- Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
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- June 1 2010
On April 20, 2010, an explosion on the Deepwater Horizon rig in the Gulf of Mexico touched off a subsurface leak in a BP oil well at the ocean's floor
Class action procedure: the latest developments from ALI-ABA conference on insurance and financial services litigation
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- July 19 2010
This panel offered the insights of a federal district court judge, defense counsel and plaintiffs' counsel regarding Class Action Procedure, focusing on trends regarding the class certification process
Georgia Supreme Court holds insurer not entitled to safe harbor jury instruction where it conditioned tender of policy limits
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- USA
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- January 6 2010
The Georgia Supreme Court recently remanded a case alleging an insurer's bad-faith failure to settle based upon the fact that the trial court improperly instructed the jury that where a claimant's demand is conditioned upon the response of another insurance company, the insurer's offer of its policy limits fulfills its duty to its insured
Connecticut Appellate Court affirms summary judgment holding that insurer had no duty to defend or indemnify its insured in negligence claim brought by stabbing victim
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- USA
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- January 25 2010
The Connecticut Appellate Court recently affirmed a trial court’s summary judgment holding that an insurance company had no duty to defend or indemnify its insured in a negligence action brought by a women who was stabbed twenty-four times by the insured
Tenth Circuit holds demand sent to former partner of insured law firm triggered notice provision of claims made and reported policy
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- USA
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- January 27 2010
The Tenth Circuit recently held that a law firm was not entitled to coverage from its malpractice insurer because a former partner of the firm had received a demand, unbeknownst to the firm, prior to the policy period
New Jersey trial court cannot apportion defense costs based on claimed damages, but must apportion based on the reasonable value of the legal services rendered in defending the respective claims
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- USA
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- February 17 2010
The New Jersey Appellate Division in William H. Hall Co. v. Harleysville Ins. Co. of NJ (October 13, 2009) reversed and remanded a trial court’s decision in a declaratory judgment action following summary judgment motions made by the parties
Liability insurer seeks declaration of no coverage in school laptop monitoring case
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- USA
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- April 27 2010
An insurer that issued a school district liability policy to the Lower Merion School District has filed a declaratory judgment action, seeking a ruling that a recent privacy-related civil rights lawsuit against the school district is not covered by the policy
Connecticut District Court: insurer's default judgment does not necessarily preclude litigation in subrogation action
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- USA
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- July 12 2010
A Connecticut District Court recently held that plaintiffs, who brought a subrogation action to recover a judgment entered in their favor in an underlying legal malpractice action against their attorneys, were entitled to litigate coverage issues even though the attorneys' insurer obtained a default judgment against the attorneys in a separate coverage action
Update from RAA Re Contracts Conference presentation on extra contractual obligations and losses in excess of policy limits
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- USA
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- July 23 2010
We have been tracking developments at the RAA Re Contracts Conference, which took place this week in New York, as previously reported on www
Ohio District Court holds supplier of defective materials is not a subcontractor for purposes of exception to “your work” exclusion
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- February 2 2010
In Mosser Constr. Inc. v. Travelers Indem. Co., Civil Action No. 3:08CV2363 (N.D. Ohio Oct. 26, 2009) (Zouhary, J.), an Ohio District Court was confronted with the question of whether a company that supplied crushed stone backfill to a general contractor is a “subcontractor” within the meaning of the insurance policy, or merely a “material supplier.”
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