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Missouri, Illinois, and Kansas 2022 Notable Insurance Law Decisions

USA - February 6 2023 Our Insurance Law Blog 2022 year-end review encapsulates significant jury verdicts and decisions affecting insurance cases across the nation. View…

Illinois Federal Court Re-Affirms Insurance Coverage Exclusions Matter

USA - February 3 2023 In Crum & Forster Specialty Ins. Co. v. Spike’s Pub & Grub, No. 3:21-CV-1722-NJR, 2023 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 1360 (S.D. Ill. Jan. 4, 2023), the United…

No Liability Coverage for Company Owner Operating Personal Vehicle in Course and Scope of Employment (Illinois Court of Appeals)

USA - January 12 2023 In a DJ action filed by a commercial liability carrier, an Illinois Appellate Court held that an insurer had no duty to defend or indemnify a…

Appeals Court Affirms Household Exclusion to Limit UIM Claim

USA - January 9 2023 The case of Mendelson v. Bankers Standard Insurance Company involved a single car accident wherein the driver, Paul Mendelson, was killed and his…

The Illinois Supreme Court Finds Equitable Subrogation Principles Do Not Apply to Third-Party Contribution Claims for Negligence Against Tenants

USA - December 27 2022 The Illinois Supreme Court unanimously held an insurer has no duty to defend or indemnify a tenant of an insured property against a third-party…

Insurer Wins Coverage Dispute for COVID-19 Business Losses

USA - November 9 2022 In The One Group Hospitality, Inc. v. Employers Insurance Company of Wausau, the United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri…

Illinois Court of Appeals Affirms Denial of Loss of Business Coverage Caused by COVID-19

USA - August 11 2022 In the recent decision of State & 9 Street Corporation et al. V. Society Insurance; the Appellate Court of Illinois First Judicial District affirmed…

Court of Appeals Reaffirms Arbitration Award in Sec. 537.065 Case Where Insurer Not Present; Though All is Not Lost

USA - August 1 2022 In the recent decision M.O. V. Geico General Insurance Company and Government Employees Insurance Company, the Missouri Court of Appeals for the…

SCOTUS Rules States May Seek Recovery from Settlement Payments Allocated for Future Medical Expenses

USA - July 15 2022 In November 2008, Gianinna Gallardo, a 13-year-old student, was struck by a pickup truck after getting off a school…

Is a challenge to insurance premiums really a rate challenge in Missouri? Not even flowers will get an insured around the administrative review process.

USA - April 4 2022 In the ongoing debate regarding insurance coverage issues arising from the COVID-19 era, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit recently…