Reversing the district court, the Fifth Circuit found one occurrence after the insured's truck struck multiple vehicles. Evanston Ins. Co. v. Mid-Contenint Cas. Co., 2018 U.S. App. LEXIS 32722 (5th Cir. Nov. 19, 2018).
An employee of Global Waste Services, LLC, Marlon Diggs, lost control of his Mack truck. At
The insurer properly denied coverage for collapse of a building when the insured knew from an expert’s examination that the walls of his house were deteriorating. Jaimes v. Liberty Ins. Corp., 2018 U. S. Dust. LEXIS 198224 (D. Colo. Nov. 21, 2018).
The insured discovered a crack in the wall of his
The Eighth Circuit affirmed the district court's judgment that the insurer acted in bad faith when it denied the insured's claim based upon misrepresentations in the application after destruction of his house by fire. Hayes v. Metropolitan Pro. and Cas. Ins. Co., 2018 U.S. App. LEXIS 31813 (8th Cir. Nov. 9, 2018).
The Ninth Circuit certified a question to the Washington Supreme Court as follows:
Under Washington law, is an insurer bound by representations made by its authorized agent in a certificate of insurance with respect to a party's status as an additional insured under a policy issued by the insurer, when the certificate includes language disclaiming
The Wisconsin Supreme Court determined that a fire damaging several properties arose from one occurrence. Secura Ins. v. Lyme St. Croix Forest Company, LLC., 2018 Wis. LEXIS 579 Oct. 30, 2018).
A fire broke out on forest land owned by Lyme St. Croix Forest Company. Known as the "Germann Road
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The court granted the agent's motion for summary judgment, rejecting the insureds' claim that he negligently failed to obtain snow-ice coverage for two new chicken houses. Slaubaugh Farm, Inc v. Farm Family Cas. Ins. Co., 2018 Del. Super. LEXIS 1144 (Del. Super. Ct. Oct. 29, 2018).
The plaintiffs purchased a
The policy's anti-concurrent causation clause preserved the possibility of coverage when the insurer's motion for summary judgment to disclaim its indemnity obligation for damage caused by Hurricane Sandy was overturned by the Second Circuit. Madelaine Chocolate Novelties, Inc. v. Great Northern Ins. Co., 2018 U.S. App. LEXIS 29821 (Oct. 23, 2018 2nd
The federal district court dismissed some insurers from a class action suit alleging failure to provide coverage for collapse claims. Halloran v. Harleysville Preferred Ins. Co., 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 179807 (D. Conn. Oct. 19, 2018).
A class of homeowners brought suit in 2016 against their homeowners insurance companies ("defendants")
The Court of Common Pleas in Ohio determined that BitCoin was property and denied the insurer's motion for judgment on the pleadings seeking to establish there was limited coverage for the loss. Kimmelman v. Wayne Ins. Group, 2018 Ohio Misc. LEXIS 1953 (Ohio Misc. Sept. 25, 2018).
James Kimmelman submitted