A commentary on insurance coverage issues in Hawaii and beyond
The insurer was unsuccessful in seeking rescission or reformation of an umbrella policy. Great Am. Ins. Co. v. Zelik, 2020 U.S. District. LEXIS 5229 (S.D. N. Y. Jan. 6, 2020).
Kim Hodges tripped and fell in front of vacant lot owned by Joseph Zelik, a real estate investor. Zelik tendered…
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).…
