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New York court holds asbestos coverage available under premises-operations hazard

  • Wiley Rein LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 25 2007

A New York state trial court ruled on May 8 that asbestos claims arising out of a policyholder's installation of asbestos-containing materials fell within the policy's premises-operations hazard rather than the policy's products hazard

Southern District of New York holds excess insurer liable for reimbursement of foreign defense costs, despite policy’s exclusion of duty to defend

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • June 5 2009

Wyeth, a pharmaceutical and health care product manufacturer, purchased 20 of its excess product liability insurance from one insurer in the 1980s

Chinese Drywall Capitol Hill update - Senate Subcommittee will conduct hearings and house orders study of available property insurance

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 15 2009

The Senate Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Product Safety and Insurance (the “Subcommittee”) will hold the first Congressional hearings on Chinese Drywall on May 21st at 10:30 a.m

Insurance company disputes obligation to provide diacetyl damages or defense

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • January 25 2013

A company that issued Citrus and Allied Essences Ltd. a commercial umbrella insurance policy in 2006 and 2007 has filed suit in a New York state

Insurance and related protections for importers of Chinese goods

  • McDermott Will & Emery
  • -
  • China, European Union, USA
  • -
  • April 29 2008

Recalls of Chinese goods and litigation concerning defective products erode importers’ profits, threaten market share and damage established brands

How will the recent wave of food and product safety litigation affect general liability insurers?

  • Wiley Rein LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • September 30 2007

From spinach to pet food, peanut butter to seafood, tires to toothpaste and most recently children's toys, there have been an extraordinary number of food and product recalls in recent months

First-party property coverage issues arising from contaminated products claims

  • Wiley Rein LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • September 30 2007

A company that destroys its inventories of goods or products due to contamination or some other defect sometimes makes a claim under its first-party property insurance, especially if it has not purchased recall or similar specialty insurance

The expanding Chinese drywall litigation

  • Leonard, Street and Deinard
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • June 18 2009

During the massive reconstruction efforts in the aftermath of the hurricanes that struck the Southeast and Gulf Coast regions of the United States in 2004 and 2005, a shortage of American-made drywall caused contractors and distributors to look to foreign suppliers

Supreme Court grants certiorari in cases involving FDA preemption

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • October 23 2007

The Supreme Court recently granted a petition for certiorari to review a Second Circuit decision holding that the FDA approval process does not preempt certain state common law claims

Insurance and related protections for importers of Chinese goods

  • McDermott Will & Emery
  • -
  • China, USA
  • -
  • November 7 2007

Importers should assess their insurance programs and negotiate insurance-related provisions in their contracts with Chinese suppliers