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Connecticut district court grants summary judgment to insurer on bad faith claim

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • December 28 2010

The United States District Court for the District of Connecticut recently granted a property insurer's motion for summary judgment on a claim that the insurer acted in bad faith when it denied coverage to its insured for damage to the basement walls in the insured's home

West Virginia Human Rights Act prohibits discrimination by insurer in the settlement of property claim

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • July 12 2010

In a recent decision, the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia concluded that the West Virginia Human Rights Act prohibits discrimination by an insurer in the settlement of a property claim

Eleventh Circuit upholds that D&O policy does not provide coverage for claims arising out of property damage under Florida law

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • June 22 2010

In an unpublished opinion, the Eleventh Circuit recently affirmed the trial court's decision that a D&O policy does not provide coverage for third-party property damage claims

Massachusetts court reaffirms general liability insurers’ broad duty to defend

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • June 22 2010

The Massachusetts Appeals Court recently reaffirmed that jurisdiction's broad understanding of a general liability carrier's duty to defend, holding that an insurer had a duty to defend against a claim of trespass first asserted after the expiration of its policy period

Federal court rules no coverage for Chinese drywall damages under homeowner’s policy

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • June 7 2010

On June 3, 2010 Judge Robert G. Doumar of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia found that a homeowner’s policy did not cover damages associated with Chinese manufactured drywall

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court defines contours of statute regulating indemnification (but not insurance provisions) in lease agreements

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 18 2010

The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court recently held that G.L. c. 186 15, which makes void any indemnification agreement or provision whereby a tenant is obligated to indemnify a landlord, in whole or in part, for the landlord’s own negligence, does not apply to insurance provisions in the lease agreement

Chinese drywall first bellwether trial ongoing

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • March 9 2010

The first federal trial in the nationwide Chinese drywall controversy began on February 19th, 2010 in New Orleans and is ongoing

High Court rules that any issue covered by a tribunal's terms of reference cannot be adjudicated in a subsequent arbitration

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • February 4 2010

In LIDL v Just Fitness Ltd 2010 EWHC 39 (Ch) the Court was asked to decide whether an arbitrator had jurisdiction to determine a particular issue in a dispute, which was alleged to have been addressed in a previous arbitration

California court refuses to extend coverage for fire intentionally set by child under homeowner’s policy

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • January 27 2010

Recently, a California Appeals Court denied coverage under a homeowner's policy for damages caused by a fire intentionally set by the insureds' son

Oklahoma federal court holds claim for misrepresentations in home sale not covered by homeowners’ liability policy

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • January 6 2010

The United States District Court for Oklahoma recently ruled that homeowners’ liability policies (primary and excess) did not cover a homebuyer’s lawsuit against the insured sellers for misrepresenting the condition of the home’s fireplaces