In Zavodnick, Zavodnick & Lasky, LLC v. National Liability and Fire Ins. Co., 2019 WL 1003157 (E.D. Pa. 3/1/19) the Pennsylvania court held that when a workers compensation board criticized the attorney's handling of the case, that a reasonable attorney would have...
Month: June 2020
COURT FINDS THAT A GOVERNMENT SUBPOENA SEEKING DOCUMENTS CONSTITUTED A CLAIM FOR NON-MONETARY RELIEF UNDER A D&O POLICY
The Texas court in Oceans Healthcare, LLC v. Illinois Union Ins. Co., 2019 WL 1437955 (E.D. Tx. 3/30/19) (appealed file), held that the subpoena alleged a wrongful act under the policy because the subpoena sufficiently alleged violations of the false claims act. The...
IN DETERMINING INSURANCE AGENT LIABILITY FOR FAILURE TO PROCURE, A FUNDAMENTAL QUESTION IS WHETHER THE COVERAGE SOUGHT WAS EVEN AVAILABLE
According to the Wisconsin Court of Appeals, to assert an insurance agent's liability for negligent failure to procure requested coverage, the customer must establish that the coverage requested was actually available.In Emer's Camper Corral, LLC v. Alderman, 2019 WL...
WASHINGTON COURT PREVENTS DUPLICATION OF LIABILITY AND UIM COVERAGES UNDER SINGLE AUTO POLICY
In Thompson v. Progressive Direct Insurance Co., 438 P.3d 53 (Wash. App. 2019) the court held that UIM coverage did not extend to a third party guest passenger in a covered auto under Progressive's policy. The Progressive policy contained an exclusion of the named...