Recently, the Nevada Supreme Court in O.P.H. of Law Vegas, Inc. v. Oregon Mut. Ins. Co.,401 P.3d 218 (Nev. 2017) found that a cancellation notice needed to comply with the statutory requirement of giving the policyholder information about its rights to request...
Month: June 2018
CONNECTICUT COURT FINDS THAT LOSS OF CONSORTIUM CLAIMS FALL WITHIN THE “PER PERSON” LIMIT OF THE AUTO POLICY
In Amica Mut. Ins. Co. v. Piquette, 176 Conn.App. 559, 168 A.3d 623 (2017) the Connecticut Appellate Court reaffirmed Connecticut law, finding that loss of consortium claims are subject to the automobile policy's same "per person" limit that was available to the...
BARKING UP THE WRONG TREE FOR AUTO COVERAGE
The Maine Supreme Judicial Court in Kelley v. North East Insurance Co., 2017 ME. 166, ____ A.3d _____2017, 2017 WL 3138209 (Me. July 25, 2017) considered whether a dog bite incident involving the insured's dog was covered under the insured's automobile liability...
Termite Damage Is Not The Functional Equivalent Of Building Collapse For Purposes Of First-Party Property Coverage
The Kentucky Supreme Court recently found that the insurance company's homeowners policy did not cover termite damage that did not result in the home's collapse. In Thiel v. Kentucky Growers Insurance Co., 522 S.W.3d 198 (2017) the court concluded that the insured...