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Arbitration clause covers disputes about future claims

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • October 14 2009

In Secretary of State for Transport v Stagecoach South Western Trains Ltd 2009 EWHC 2431, the High Court decided that a dispute over the method of calculation of future payments under a franchise agreement came within the relevant arbitration clause

Contra Proferentem principle applies to ambiguous questions in proposal form

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
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  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • October 13 2009

The High Court's decision in R&R Development Ltd v AXA Insurance UK Plc 2009 EWHC 2424 (Ch) concerned the issue of whether ambiguous questions in a proposal form for a contract of insurance could be construed by following the Contra Proferentem principle without the need for the court to decide upon the correct interpretation of the questions

Connecticut Appellate Court affirms summary judgment in favor of insurer due to insured’s failure to cooperate

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • October 7 2009

The Connecticut Appellate Court recently affirmed a lower court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of an insurer based on its determination that the insured breached the insurance policy’s cooperation clause by failing to provide copies of requested tax returns

Court finds that New York law governs reinsurance agreement, denies insured’s statutory claim for punitive damages and penalties against reinsurer

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • October 6 2009

Plaintiff Callon Petroleum Company ("Callon") commenced an action against National Indemnity Company ("NICO") to recover for a judgment Callon obtained against NICO’s cedent, Frontier Insurance Company ("Frontier"

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

Connecticut federal court awards summary judgment in favor of insurer due to insured’s failure to cooperate

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • September 25 2009

A Connecticut district court recently awarded summary judgment in favor of an insurance company due to the insured’s failure to cooperate in the insurer’s investigation of a claim

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

Surprise decision of the Scottish Outer House of the Court of Session casts doubt on ability of insurers to obtain sanction for solvent schemes of arrangement

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
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  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • September 15 2009

The decision in Re Scottish Lion Insurance Company Limited 2009 CSOH 127 concerned a preliminary hearing on two specific issues relating to the sanction of a solvent scheme of arrangement proposed by Scottish Lion Insurance Company Limited

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