The Fifth Circuit affirmed the district court's determination of coverage in a case involving cyber fraud. Valero Title Inc. v. RLI Ins. Co., 2023 U.S. App. LEXIS 2571 (5th Cir. Feb. 1, 2023).
Valero Title, Inc. purchased a crime-protection policy from RLI that included a funds transfer fraud endorsement. The
The federal district court considered a challenge to GEICO's premium rates as unconscionably excessive in light of a reduction in the insurance risk pool due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Thomas v. GEICO Cas. Co., 2023 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 19332 (N. D. Ill. Feb. 6, 2023).
During the COVID-19 pandemic, there
The Ninth Circuit asked the California Supreme Court to address whether the policy's virus exclusion was enforceable to preclude coverage for business income losses due to the present of COVID-19 at the insured's properties. French Laundry Partners LP v. Hartford Fire Ins. Co., 2023 U.S. App. LEXIS 2845 (9th Cir. Feb. 6
Interpreting Massachusetts law, the federal district court determined consequential damage resulting from the insured's faulty work triggered a duty to defend. Capitol Spec. Ins. Corp. v. Dello Russo Enter. LLC, 2023 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 11627 (D. Mass. Jan. 24, 2023).
Peta-Gay and Michael Print sued the insured, Dello Russo, who
In a case involving the sealing of records generated by an insurance company, the Hawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals found that communications between the insurer and its in-house counsel were not privileged and should not be sealed. Roy v. Government Employees Ins. Co., 2023 Haw. App. LEXIS 13 (Haw. Ct. App. Jan.
The court found that the insured's request for an appraisal was timely and ordered the insurer to participate. Cloisters of Naples, Inc v. Landmark Am. Ins. Co., 2023 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 6884 (M.D. Flag. Jan. 13, 2023).
A hurricane damaged Cloisters, a condominium. Cloisters made a claim under its commercial
The court granted the insurer's motion to dismiss because, although there was coverage for the property under the mortgagee's policy, the home owner was not a named or additional insured under the policy. Cart v. Great Am. Assur. Co., 2023 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 6207 (W.D. La. Jan. 12, 2023).
Plaintiffs'
The court denied the insured's motion to dismiss after the insurer filed suit to compel an appraisal. Allied Trust Ins. Co. v. Tsang, 2023 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 352 (E.D. La. Jan. 3, 2023).
The insureds reported damage to their property arising from Hurricane Ida. The insurer, Allied Trust, investigated and
Our panel spoke at the ABA, Section of Litigation, Insurance Litigation Committee’s annual seminar today in Tucson. We addressed the impact of the Supreme Court’s overruling the Roe case in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization.
The California Court of Appeal reversed the trial court's grant of the insurer's demurrer on a COVID-19 claim and remanded the case for further proceedings. John's Grill v. Hartford Fin. Servs. Group, 2022 Cal. App. LEXIS 1056 (Cal. Ct. App. Dec. 27, 2022).
John's Grill had two insurers, Hartford and
