This 26th edition of Unprecedented, our weekly update on COVID-19-related litigation, sees us returning to now-familiar topics involving liability protection for businesses, wrongful death lawsuits (particularly those...more
10/10/2020
/ Alabama ,
Breach of Contract ,
Business Interruption ,
Business Losses ,
Churches ,
Class Action ,
Colleges ,
Constitutional Challenges ,
Contamination ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Duty of Care ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Executive Orders ,
Family Members ,
Governor Wolf ,
Insurance Litigation ,
Lack of Authority ,
Masks ,
Nursing Homes ,
Occupational Exposure ,
Pennsylvania ,
Popular ,
Property Damage ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Protests ,
Public Gatherings ,
Public Health Emergency ,
Reimbursements ,
Religious Discrimination ,
Remote Learning ,
Shelter-In-Place ,
Sick Employees ,
Split of Authority ,
State Legislatures ,
Statutory Immunity ,
Students ,
Take-Home Exposure ,
TRO ,
Universities ,
Veterans ,
Workers' Compensation Claim ,
Workplace Safety ,
Wrongful Death
Much of the information about business interruption insurance and how it might apply to COVID-19-related losses focuses on legal arguments instead of practical realities facing decision makers. This webinar provides pragmatic...more
The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals recently closed an avenue for bad faith claims. In this case, the insured, CMD, sued its own liability insurance company, State Auto, for not settling the claims asserted against it...more
11/21/2017
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Bad Faith ,
Breach of Contract ,
Construction Project ,
Insurance Litigation ,
Motion for Summary Judgment ,
Property Damage ,
Reversal ,
Settlement ,
Unfair or Deceptive Trade Practices ,
Writ of Prohibition
For the purpose of those individuals who undertake direct representations of insurers, it is significant to be able to recognize who can sue an insurer (their clients) for bad faith. Nine years have passed since the...more