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...
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...
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...
Where insurance policies require written consent from the insurer to enter into any settlement agreement, it is important to remember to ask, "May I?" Failure to do so may void coverage. That is what occurred recently in One West Bank, FSB v. Houston Casualty Co., 676...
Some insurance policies do not specifically define the term "disparagement" in the policy. When the term "disparagement" is not defined, the courts will come up with a workable definition. As an example, in Lexmark International, Inc. v. Transportation Insurance Co.,...
In 2013 the Washington Supreme Court found that an insurance company's claim file was presumptively not privileged in disputes between insurance companies and their insureds unless the insurance company could demonstrate that the attorney-client aspects of the file...
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...
Where insurance policies require written consent from the insurer to enter into any settlement agreement, it is important to remember to ask, "May I?" Failure to do so may void coverage. That is what occurred recently in One West Bank, FSB v. Houston Casualty Co., 676...
In Mallard Gutter Co. v. Farm Bureau Property and Casualty Insurance Co., 295 Neb. 419, 2016 WL 7486374 (filed 12/30/16), the insured's home was damaged by a storm. In order to repair the storm damage, the insured brought in a roofing company, Millard Roofing and...
In Wireless Buybacks, LLC v. Hanover American Insurance Co., 223 F.Supp.3d 443 (2016) the court held that Hanover had no duty to defend its insured under its policy's coverage for product disparagement against allegations that the insured had unlawfully acquired and...