A commentary on insurance coverage issues in Hawaii and beyond
The insurer’s motion to compel documents and communications from another insurer was denied. Ins. Co. of Pa. v. Liberty Mut. Fire Ins. Co., 2025 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 178726 (D. N.J. Sept. 12, 2025).
Jacobs Engineering firm suffered a verdict in state court of $2,579,000.00. Insurance Company of the State of Pennsylvania (ICSP) insured Jacobs…
The special master granted the insured's motion to compel the deposition of the in-house counsel who had acted as a claims handler. Wolverine World Wide, Inc. v. The American Insurance Co., 2023 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 225007 (W.D. Mich. Dec. 1, 2023).
The insured, Wolverine, moved compel the fact deposition of…
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 denied the insurer's motion to compel seeking communications between the insured, its attorney and the insured's broker. M&C Holdings Del. P'ship v. Great Am. Ins. Co., 2021 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 186358 (S.D. Ohio Sept. 29, 2021).
The insured's employee siphoned off commission payments to fictitious recipients. Great American…
The Texas Supreme Court ruled that the insurer's in-house expert's draft reports and communications were privileged and need not be produced. In Re City of Dickinson, Relator, 2019 Texas LEXIS 165 (Tex. Feb. 15, 2019).
The City of Dickinson had a commercial windstorm policy with the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association.
The Fourth Circuit certified the following question to the South Carolina Supreme Court: Does South Carolina law support application of the "at issue" exception to the attorney-client privilege such that a party may waive the privilege by denying liability in its answer? In Re: Mt. Hawley Ins. Co., 2018 U.S. App. LEXIS…
