Our October Insurance Update is now available.

We discuss a case with an unfortunate, but familiar story.  A group of masked bandits, who notoriously carry out their misdeeds at night, ransacked a home looking for whatever valuables they could find.  Based on the trail of destruction left behind by these intruders, however, the homeowner could

Our September Insurance Update features several state and federal appellate court rulings.

We kick off this month’s issue with a decision that liability insurers will appreciate.  Courts differ as to whether coverage defenses based on lack of consent require an insurer to demonstrate prejudice.  The California Supreme Court explains that while prejudice may be required

Tenant’s Insurer Must Defend Shopping Center Owner As Additional Insured In Trip-And-Fall Suit, Eastern District Of New York Decides

The claimant allegedly tripped and fell on the sidewalk while walking into a restaurant operated by Vintage Steakhouse, LLC.  Vintage leased the restaurant, which was in a shopping center, from Amelia Associate’s Inc.  Vintage’s insurer refused

First Circuit Applies Abuse of Discretion Standard to Uphold Denial of Long-Term Disability Benefits

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit has upheld a claim administrator’s decision denying a claim for long-term disability (LTD) benefits under an employee welfare benefit plan governed by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), finding

Rob Tugander and Greg Mann published an article in the ABA’s Insurance Coverage Litigation Committee Summer 2019 Newsletter entitled, “Sanders v. Illinois Union: The Start of a New Trend on Malicious Prosecution Trigger, or Simply an Outlier.”

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Our August Insurance Update is now available.

In November 2017, we reported on a California federal district court opinion regarding the TV series Dig, a production based out of Jerusalem.  The show’s producers moved the series out of Jerusalem after Hamas had fired rockets into Israel.  The relocation was costly and the producers sought reimbursement

Frank Valverde contributed to recently published article for the American Bar Association’s Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Section Law Journal entitled “Recent Developments In Excess, Surplus Lines, And Reinsurance Law” (54 Tort Trial & Ins. Prac. L.J. 2, pp. 471-492 (2019)).

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The New York Court of Appeals decided three important insurance cases in its 2018-2019 term. Judge Rowan D. Wilson was the sole dissenter in the first two, with the Court reaching a unanimous decision in the third, and most significant, of the trio. The Court also began to arrange its insurance caseload for next term

Alan Rutkin’s article entitled “Scam Sophistication” has been published in the August 2019 issue of Best’s Review magazine. The article speaks about taking the warnings of cybercrime seriously as scammers have become more cunning and that vigilance is important.

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Best’s Review:  August 2019. Copyrighted A.M. Best Company, Inc. 2019. 

Michael Cannata and Frank Misiti authored a chapter entitled “Excess and Extended Coverages and Excess Coverage Issues” in the third edition of the Insurance Law Practice treatise by the New York State Bar Association.