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No coverage for claim first made prior to inception of claims-made policy

  • Wiley Rein LLP
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  • USA
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  • May 16 2013

The United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire, applying New Hampshire law, has held that no coverage was available for a legal

GP’s “reconstructed” evidential account preferred

  • 1 Chancery Lane
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  • United Kingdom
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  • May 15 2013

In a judgment handed down last week the Court of Appeal upheld a decision in favour of a family doctor accused of negligence for failing to refer a

NSW Supreme Court gives important guidance about damages in wrongful birth claims

  • Clayton Utz
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  • Australia
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  • May 10 2013

The NSW Supreme Court's keenly anticipated decision in Waller v James 2013 NSWSC 497 has given some useful guidance about several damages issues in

Environment Agency prosecuted after fatal dredging operation

  • RPC
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • May 9 2013

The Environment Agency has been ordered to pay £200k following conviction under s 2(1) HSWA after an incident which led to the death of an employee

Railway guard who failed to act causing a teenager’s death jailed

  • RPC
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • May 9 2013

Christopher McGee was imprisoned for five years after being found guilty of gross negligence manslaughter following the death of 16 year old Georgia

Unsafe traffic management fatality leads to fines in excess of £500k

  • RPC
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • May 9 2013

Balfour Beatty Infrastructure Limited (BBIL) and Enterprise (AOL) Limited have been ordered to pay a total of £650k in fines and prosecution costs

Corporate manslaughter charges issued by the CPS

  • RPC
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • May 9 2013

In recent months, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has issued corporate manslaughter charges against four companies. PS & JE Ward runs Belmont

Warwickshire Council fined £30k for fire fighter deaths

  • RPC
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • May 9 2013

In previous updates we have reported on the prosecutions arising from a blaze at a warehouse which led to the deaths of four fire fighters - John

Doctor’s sympathetic statement to patient cannot be used as evidence of liability

  • Bricker & Eckler LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 7 2013

On April 23, 2013, the Ohio Supreme Court issued its opinion in Estate of Johnson v. Randall Smith, Inc., Slip Opinion No. 2013-Ohio-1507. In Johnson

Liability insurers may have duty to defend against federal prosecutions, California Court of Appeal holds

  • Barger & Wolen LLP
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  • USA
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  • May 6 2013

The Second Appellate District of California held on May 1 in Mt. Hawley Ins. Co. v. Lopez that California Insurance Code section 533.5(b) does not