The Ninth Circuit affirmed the jury's award of $14 million in damages after finding Allstate was in bad faith in refusing to settle the matter. Madrigal v. Allstate Indem. Co., 2017 U.S. App. LEXIS 10643 (9th Cir. June 15, 2017).
Madrigal was injured in an auto accident with Tang, Allstate's insured.
The Oklahoma Supreme Court reversed the trial court's grant of summary judgment to the insurer, finding that the purchaser may have third party beneficiary rights under the seller's property policy. Hensley v. State Farm Fire & Cas. Co., 2017 Okla. LEXIS 59 (June 20, 2017).
In May 2000, Hensley sold
The New York Court of Appeals construed an additional insured endorsement as applying only to injury proximately caused by the named insured. Burlington Ins. Co. v. NYC Transit Auth., 2017 N.Y. LEXIS 1404 (N.Y. Ct. App. June 6, 2017).
Breaking Solutions, Inc. (BSI) contracted with the New York City Transit
The federal district court found that under Montana law, water damage resulting from alleged faulty workmanship in repairing the insured's roof was covered. Leep v. Trinity Universal Ins Co., 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 86759 (D. Mont. June 6, 2017).
The insured's property was damaged in a hail storm. The insured
Facing an issue of first impression, the West Virginia Supreme Court ruled that property damage caused by either a man-made or a natural cause was excluded under the Insurance Service Office's 2013 earth movement endorsement. Erie Ins. Prop. & Cas. Co. v. Chaber, 2017 W. Va. LEXIS 430 (W. Va. June 1
The court considered whether debris removal coverage in a surplus lines policy applied in conjunction with an endorsement limiting flood coverage for all losses "resulting from Flood to buildings, structures or property." Oxford Realty Group Cedar v. Travelers Excess and Surplus Lines Co., 2017 N.J. LEXIS 570 (N.J. May 25, 2017).
The court granted the insured's motion to dismiss the insurer's counterclaim arising out of construction defects. Centrex Homes v. Zurich Specialties London Limited, et al., 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 77212 (D. Nev. May 19, 2017).
Centrex, the general contractor, was sued by homeowners in a residential development known as Liberty
The federal district court largely denied the insurer's motion for summary judgment seeking a judgment of no coverage for snow removal and related property damage. Thurston Foods v. Wausau Bus. Ins. Co., 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 74935 (D. Conn. May 17, 2017).
The insured was a food distributor with a
Although the insureds timely filed their suit for denial of flood benefits in state court, the Fourth Circuit found the lawsuit against the Insurer was untimely because it was not filed in federal district court. Woodson v. Allstate Ins. Co., 2017 U. S. App. LEXIS 7862 (4th Cir. May 3 , 2917).
The court found that the insured was entitled to a defense against claims for its alleged willful removal of coal from third parties' land. Liberty Mut. Fire Ins. Co. v. Bizzack Constr, 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 70285 (W.D. Va. April 27, 2017).
The Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) contracted with Bizzack to perform work