A commentary on insurance coverage issues in Hawaii and beyond
The employee of the insured company could not pursue breach of contract and bad faith claims against his employer’s insurer after being injured by an uninsured motorist. Travelers Prop. Cas. Co. of Am. v. Kelly, 2026 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 134948 (D. S.C. June 15, 2026).
Kelly was an employee of Kale’s Truck and Heavy…
The court granted the insurer's motion to dismiss the homeowner's claim against the insurer because the policy insured the mortgagee, not the homeowner. Barbin v. Integon Nat'l Ins. Co., 2023 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 207192 (E.D. La. Nov. 20, 2023).
The home was damaged by Hurricane Ida. The homeowner claims that…
The Hawaii Federal District Court dismissed a purported third party beneficiary's claim against the insured's agent. United States Fire Ins. Co. v. Hawaiian Canoe Racing Ass'ns, 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 65829 (D. Haw. April 17, 2019).
This was the third recent decision regarding a boating accident in which the underlying…
