In Brockway v. Allstate Property & Casualty Insurance Co., 284 Or. App. 83, 391 P.3d 871 (2017) the Oregon Court of Appeals upheld a suit limitation clause in Allstate's policy thereby upholding the dismissal of the insured's claim against Allstate. The Brockway...
Month: March 2018
Regular Use Exclusion Found To Apply To Borrowed Car According To The Maine Supreme Judicial Court
In Estate of Mason v. Amica Mutual Insurance Co., 158 A.3d 495 (2017) the Maine Supreme Judicial Court found that where a driver is authorized to use another's car as if it was her own, pending repair of her vehicle, the borrowed car was available for regular use and...
Rhode Island Supreme Court Finds That An Insured’s Malpractice Claim Against His Former Insurance Agent Was Untimely Because It Was Filed More Than Three Years After The Insured Received A Copy Of The Policy And Therefore Could Have Discovered The Alleged
In Faber v. McVay, 155 A.3d 153 (R.I. March 8, 2017) the Rhode Island Supreme Court held that an insurance agent malpractice claim was untimely because it was not filed within three years after the date upon which the plaintiff knew or should have known of the agent's...
Additional Insured is not Entitled to Coverage Until Named Insured Satisfies Self-Insured Retention
In a case of first impression under Indiana law, the Indiana Court of Appeals in Walsh Construction Co. v. Zurich, 72 N.E.3d 957 (Ind. App. 2017) held that a policy's SIR had to be exhausted by the named insured before the insurance company was obligated to defend and...
Michigan Court Finds Earth Movement Exclusion Applicable to Man-made Earth Movement
Typical earth movement exclusions reference "any" earth movement and are generally understood to be all-encompassing. Nevertheless, courts have disagreed on whether earth movement exclusions are limited to naturally occurring earth movement as opposed to man-made...