The carrier's attempt to escape arbitration based upon a perceived bias in the insured's selected arbitrator was rejected when the court granted the insured's motion to compel arbitration. Queen's Med. Ctr. v. Travelers Cas. & Sur. Co. of Am., 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 60137 (D. Haw. April 9, 2018).
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Our panel addressed cyber coverage at tiday’s ABA Insurance Coverage Litigation Committee’s meeting My distinguished colleagues- Demetrius Rush, Karin Aldama, Jamie Carsey and Rina Carmel
The ABA's Incurance Coverage Litigation Committee Conference will be conducted this week in Tucson, AZ, from February 28 to March 3, 2018. As always, many cutting edge topics will be addressed by panels consisting of lawyers, judges, and professionals from the insurance industry. The conference schedule is here.
My panel
Our panel at today’s ABA Insurance Coverage Litigation Committees’s Tucson seminar. Our group consists of Rina Carmel of Zelle McDonough & Cohen LLP; Karin Aldama of Perkins Coie, LLP; Demetrius Rush of Zurich North America; and Tred Eyerly of Damon Key Leong Kupchak Hastert. We discussed problems that arise when the policy holder and
Thanks to "Coverage Opinions" and Randy Maniloff, Esq. for a write-up on my background as a coverage lawyer and otherwise in the current edition. The piece is here.
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In responding to a certified question from the U.S. District Court, the Hawaii Supreme Court determined that an excess carrier can sue the primary carrier for failure to settle a claim in bad faith within primary limits. St. Paul Fire & Marine Ins. Co. v. Liberty Mut. Ins. Co., 135 Haw. 449 (2015).
The federal district court found that various claims for bodily injury against a supplier of asbestos products arose from multiple occurrences, increasing indemnity amounts available under the policy. Westfield Ins. Co. v. Continental Ins. Co., 2015 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 45437 (N.D. Ohio April 7, 2015).
Mahoning Valley Supply Company (MVS) was sued
Indemnity obligations and additional insured coverage were at issue in Strauss Painting, Inc. v. Mt. Hawley Ins. Co., 2014 N.Y. LEXIS 3347 (N.Y. Nov. 24, 2014).
Strauss Painting, Inc. (Strauss) contracted with the Metropolitan Opera Association, Inc. (the Met) to strip and repaint the rooftop steel carriage track for the opera house's
Here is our power point from today's presentation to the Hawaii State Bar Association's Litigation and Insurance Coverage Litigation sections. We discussed "other insurance" clauses as addressed by the Hawaii Supreme Court in Nautilus Ins. Co. v. Lexington Ins. Co., 132 Haw. 283, 321 P.3d 634 (2014).
Our law firm's quarterly publication, Legal Alert, includes my article updating the evolving debate in Hawaii over coverage for construction defects. The latest edition of Legal Alert and my article are here.
