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The United States District Court for the District of Connecticut granted an insurer’s motion for summary judgment on the grounds that neither a subpoena issued as part of multi-district litigation nor a chart listing the...more
Most pandemic-related businesses interruption insurance claims failed because policyholders could not show a direct physical loss. But some California courts issued conflicting decisions. The California Supreme Court has now...more
The United States District Court for the District of New Jersey, applying New Jersey law, granted an insurer’s motion for summary judgment, finding that an insured’s claim related back to a prior policy period when the...more
An Illinois appellate court, applying Illinois law, has held that a professional liability carrier had a duty to defend an ankle monitoring company against a lawsuit alleging bodily injury while wearing the ankle monitor...more
The United States District Court for the District of Minnesota, applying Minnesota law, has held that a law firm’s professional liability policy does not provide coverage for the firm’s alleged breach of various litigation...more
The owners hired a general contractor (GC) insured by Amerisure to build a movie theatre, and the GC hired a masonry subcontractor (Sub) insured by Selective under a primary and umbrella policy...more
In a win for Wiley’s client, the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, applying Oklahoma law, has issued a published opinion holding that a lawsuit alleging negligence against an accounting firm in connection...more
The United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, applying Maryland law, has affirmed a ruling that no coverage was available for costs incurred in connection with a government investigation, finding that the...more
The United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, applying New York law, has held that an E&O insurer had no obligation to contribute toward the defense of an underlying matter in light of its policy’s...more
Additional insured disputes can sometimes get complicated. How much coverage the additional insured gets is often a hotly contested issue, especially when the named insured has coverage above the minimum limits it promised...more
A Connecticut federal court, applying Connecticut law, has held that a professional liability policy application imports the policy definition of the term “claim.” Admiral Ins. Co. v. Versailles Med. Spa, LLC, 2022 WL...more
The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana has held that no coverage exists under a professional liability policy because the lawsuit for which the insureds sought coverage was based on the same or...more
The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, applying Oklahoma law, granted an insured’s motion for summary judgment, finding that a claim was sufficiently made and reported during the policy period....more
The Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia issued a new opinion that finds that litigants cannot characterize claims as “corporate” or “general” negligence in an attempt to circumvent the West Virginia Medical Professional...more
The United States District Court for the Northern District of California, applying California law, has held that the claims made against an insured law firm and its attorneys arising out of their representation of three...more
Long-standing Florida law recognized only two limited exceptions to the general rule prohibiting a third party from pursuing a legal malpractice claim against an attorney who was not in privity with the third party – a will...more
In a matter of first impression, a Kentucky appellate court held that the notice-prejudice rule does not apply to claims-made-and-reported policies. Darwin Nat’l Assurance Co. v. Kentucky State Univ., 2021 WL 1045716 (Ky....more
In National Fire & Marine Insurance Company v. Hampton, No. 19-17235 (9th Cir. Oct. 21, 2020), the Ninth Circuit held that a doctor’s guilty plea to the unlawful distribution of a controlled substance barred insurance...more
Applying Nevada law, the Ninth Circuit has held that a professional liability insurer did not have a duty to defend or indemnify a doctor for a wrongful death action because the doctor’s guilty plea triggered an exclusion for...more
A federal district court has ruled that a third-party administrator’s professional liability policy does not afford coverage for a claim against the TPA arising from an excess judgment against the TPA’s...more
There have been more developments in Ironshore Specialty Insurance Co. v. Conemaugh Health System Inc., the case brought by Ironshore, as excess carrier, to seek reimbursement of amounts paid in an underlying medical...more
Applying New York law, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York held that because a subpoena duces tecum previously issued to the insured by a post-judgment creditor of a non-insured entity was not a...more