Historically the United States Supreme Court has admonished trial courts with the high court's observation that "few awards exceeding a single-digit ratio between punitive and compensatory damages, to a significant degree, will satisfy due process." State Farm Mut...
Month: September 2017
MISSOURI HIGH COURT CALCULATES UIM ATTACHMENT POINT
The Missouri Supreme Court in Swadley v. Shelter Mutual Insurance Co., 513 S.W.3d 355 (Mo. 2017) held that UIM coverage did not apply when the underinsured motorist had liability coverage limits greater than the insured's underinsured motorist limits. Previously, the...
MISSISSIPPI SUPREME COURT FINDS THAT LOSS OF CONSORTIUM CLAIMS ARE PART OF THE PER PERSON LIMITS FOR UIM COVERAGE
The Mississippi Supreme Court in Rylee v. Progressive Gulf Insurance Co., 2017 WL 949545 (Miss. Mar. 9, 2017) found that a UIM policy's "each person" limit applied not only to a husband's bodily injury claim, but also to the wife's loss of consortium claim, i.e., loss...
CALIFORNIA COURT OF APPEALS DECIDES WHAT “FINAL ADJUDICATION” MEANS IN THE D&O INSURANCE CONTEXT
The California Court of Appeals (2nd District) in Stein v. Axis Insurance Co., 10 Cal. App. 5th, 673, 216 Cal.Rptr.3d 804 (2nd Dist. 2017) held that a provision in a D&O policy requiring the insured to repay defense expenses unless there was a "final adjudication"...