A national publication, "Coverage Opinions," determined that the Hawaii Supreme Court's decision in C. Brewer and Co., Ltd. v. Marine Indemnity Ins. Co., 135 Haw. 190, 347 P.3d 163 (Haw. 2015) was one of the top ten coverage decisions in 2015. The review is here.
We summarized the C. Brewer case
This month we hit eight years at this blog. We started in December 2007, 936 posts ago. 101 posts for the past year.
Two Damon Key blogs pre-date and continue to set the standard for this blog. Robert Thomas has long maintained www.inversecomdemnation.com [here]. And Mark Murakami started
The 2015 Hawaii legislative session passed three insurance-related bills which have all been signed by the governor. Bills that have been enacted are the following:
SB0589 – We previously devoted this post to the legislation. The bill provides relief for residents in lava zones on the Big Island. The bill limits the number of
The Hawaii legislature passed a bill in its recently concluded session to protect homeowners and businesses affected by lava flows from losing coverage.
The Puna district on the Big Island was severely impacted by the Pu`u O`o lava flow as it crept closer to homes, businesses, schools and populated areas. Problems were created
Our panel at today’s ABA’ Insurance Coverage Litigation Committee seminar: from left, Demerius Rush, Zurich North America; Justice Peter Maassen, Alaska Supreme Court; Karin Aldama, Perkins Coie; Rina Carmel, Zelle McDonough & Cohen; Tred Eyerly, Damon Key Leong Kupchak Hastert. “Number of Occurrences” was our topic.
This year's Insurance Coverage Litigation Committee's CLE Seminar will be conducted in Tucson, Arizona, from March 4-7, 2015. Each year, the conference offers informative, cutting-edge sessions on a variety of insurance-related topics. Participants from across the country with varying perspectives on insurance coverage, including lawyers, judges, risk managers, and insurance professionals, will be attendance. The
We hit seven years of blogging this month. We started in December 2007, 835 posts ago.
Two Damon Key blogs pre-date and continue to set the standard for this blog. Robert Thomas has long maintained www.inversecomdemnation.com [here]. And Mark Murakami started at www.oceanlawhawaiil.com [here] a couple
The Hawaii State Bar convention will be on October 24, 2014, at the Hawaiian Hilton. The Insurance Coverage Litigation Section will make a presentation from 8:30 a.m. to 11:45 a.m.
Three presentations will be made. First, Richard C. Mosher (Anderson Kill), Kathy Dang (Marsh), and Beau Monday (Hawaiian Telcom) will discuss cyber-liability
On July 22, 2014, Richard Moser (Anderson Kill), Joseph Kotowski (Tom Petrus & Miller) and I (Damon Key Leong Kupchak Hastert) will make a joint presentation to the Litigation and Insurance Coverage Litigation sections of the Hawaii State Bar Association. We will discuss a recent decision issued by the Hawaii Supreme Court, Nautilus Ins.
Very few insurance-related bills survived the 2014 Hawaii Legislative session, with several consumer-friendly bills failing to make it out of committee.
Here is a summary of the bills that passed:
SB2365: Limits reimbursement of prescription medications in order to prevent drug prices from becoming an unreasonable cost driver of health
