With Valentine’s Day in our rear-view mirror, it is nice to reflect on the special relationships in our life – with our spouse, our parents, our children, and if one is lucky enough, with our grandchildren. These relationships provide meaning and perspective to our day-to-day existence and can provide immeasurable joy and happiness.

Special relationship

Court Rules “C/O” Company In Contract Not An Additional Insured

A construction worker sued Blue Woods Management Group, Inc. alleging that he was injured while working at premises owned by Blue Woods. Blue Woods sought additional insured coverage under its general contractor’s policy, which provided such coverage “where required by written contract,” and the insurer

With the coronavirus outbreak continuing in China, significant new incidences being reported in South Korea and Italy, and stories of quarantines permeating the news, in addition to the catastrophic toll on human health, we are far from business as usual in many respects. In the U.S., a CDC official has now stated, “It’s not a

Courts have been busy deciding insurance disputes.  As a result, our February Insurance Update is quite robust.

Here are the headlines from this month’s update:

Whether Intentional Assault Is an “Accident” Depends on Insured’s Viewpoint, Delaware Supreme Court Rules

• Illinois Supreme Court Applies Auto Policy’s “Unambiguous” Anti-stacking Clause
• Eighth Circuit Rejects Coverage for “Dome-Outs”

Stuart Gordon and Matthew Spero have authored an article, “U.S. Supreme Court Ruling on FDCPA Limitations Period Leaves Issues Unresolved,” for the February 2020 issue of Pratt’s Journal of Bankruptcy Law.

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On Monday, February 10, a Justice of the New York State Supreme Court in Albany County issued a temporary restraining order (TRO) to put on hold implementation of the Department of State’s (DOS) interpretation of the statewide Housing Stability and Tenant Protection Act (HSTPA) as it relates to the payment of brokers’ fees in response

Football is a game of statistics and more statistics, as any fantasy football fanatic can tell you. But if you want to predict which team will win, one statistic is particularly telling. In fact, from 2007 to 2016, the team that had the fewest turnovers in a game won 78 percent of the time. On the other

Although caring for a loved one is a privilege, being a caregiver is not easy. Without proper support, care-giving can consume nearly every moment of life.

Often caregivers shoulder the responsibilities alone, and these responsibilities generally increase over time. Caregivers often feel that asking for help means that they are not being a good child

Frank Raia wrote an article entitled “Play Ball!” for Best’s Review, A.M. Best’s monthly insurance magazine. Frank discusses the challenge that colleges and universities face defending a lawsuit when a student gets injured participating in a school-sanctioned sports activity.

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ERISA Required Payment of Plan Proceeds to Widow, But Prenuptial Agreement Barred Her Retention of Them, Alabama Supreme Court Rules

The Supreme Court of Alabama, affirming a trial court’s decision, has ruled that a plan administrator had properly distributed proceeds from a company’s 401(k) retirement plan and from its pension benefit plan to a deceased

Southern District Of New York Issues Rulings On Missing Policies, Aggregate Limits And Allocation In “Long-Tail” Asbestos DJ

Danaher Corporation asked the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York to decide various insurance coverage issues as to underlying silica and asbestos-related bodily injury claims asserted against Chicago Pneumatic Tool Company, which

Please click the link below to view the New York Insurance Coverage Law Update – Compilation 2019.

New York Insurance Coverage Law Update 2019

January 28 is National Data Privacy Day, and with it comes a perfect opportunity to evaluate your company’s data privacy practices.

American consumers increasingly want the right to control the collection and use of their personal information. Importantly, they also want a means to exercise that right when personal information is wrongfully disclosed. A flurry

Our January Insurance Update is packed with cases.

We begin with state high court decisions addressing: (1) water and weather exclusions; (2) the validity of consent-to-settle provisions; and (3) whether an insurer breaches its duty to its insured by settling for policy limits without obtaining a liability release for the insured.

We then move on

Stuart Gordon and Matthew Spero have authored an article, “Eighth Circuit Rejects Successor Liability For Asset Purchaser At Forclosure Sale,” for the January 2020 issue of Pratt’s Journal of Bankruptcy Law.

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