Court Holds Insurer Did Not Establish Insured’s Failure To Cooperate

An insurer’s disclaimer based on the insured’s lack of cooperation was challenged in court. The Appellate Division, Second Department, found that the insurer made diligent efforts that were reasonably calculated to obtain its insured’s cooperation. However, the court ruled that the

The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio has ruled that multiple sales of tabletop torches amounted to separate occurrences for purposes of triggering the torch seller’s excess insurance policy.

The Case

Several lawsuits were filed against Big Lots Stores, Inc., by plaintiffs in Illinois, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Texas alleging that they had

The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia has ruled that a company that claimed it suffered losses resulting from the use of telephones to access its processing system could not recover from its insurer for “computer fraud.”

The Case

InComm Holdings, Inc., and Interactive Communications International, Inc. (together, “InComm”) provided a service

A federal district court in Maryland has ruled that an insured was not entitled to “personal and advertising injury” coverage of a lawsuit that did not allege that it had disparaged the underlying plaintiff.

The Case

Sprint Solutions, Inc., and Sprint Communications Company (together, “Sprint”) sued Unwired Solutions, Inc., d/b/a Linq Services, Inc. (“Linq”) and

The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio has ruled that the absolute pollution exclusion precluded coverage for lawsuits against a construction company alleging that it had violated federal and state environmental laws by discharging dredged or fill materials into protected wetlands.

The Case

JTO, Inc., an Ohio-based construction company, was sued by

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has affirmed a decision by a federal district court in California that two policy exclusions precluded coverage for a construction defect lawsuit brought against the insured general contractor.

The Case

Archer Western Contractors, Ltd., was the general contractor for the San Diego County Water Authority’s emergency water

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit has affirmed a decision by a federal district court in Illinois that the “your work” exclusion in a commercial general liability insurance policy precluded coverage for a lawsuit against the insured subcontractor stemming from its allegedly defective installation of windows.

The Case

Metro North Condominium Association

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit has affirmed a decision by a federal district court in Indiana that theft by a company’s consultant was not covered by either a crime insurance policy or a commercial property insurance policy.

The Case

Telamon Corporation, an Indiana telecommunications firm, engaged Juanita Berry – through a

Sean McAloon and Viktoriya Kruglyak co-authored the section on Appraisal in Recent Developments in Property Insurance Law, which was published in the Winter 2017 issue of the American Bar Association’s Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Law Journal.

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Failure to Timely File ‘Charge’ with EEOC Doomed Plaintiff’s ADA Suit, Seventh Circuit Rules

The plaintiff in this case, a senior customer service representative of Christian Brothers Services (CBS), was in an automobile accident in March 2011 as a result of which she had to use a cane and limped. According to the plaintiff, CBS fired