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New York Workers’ Compensation Ruling Roundup – May 2024

This week appeared to be a busy docket for New York workers’ compensation cases. The 3rd Dept. released four opinions on Thursday May 30, 2024. Read their summaries below. Garofalo v. Verizon CV-23-1298....more

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Insurance Update - January 24, 2023

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It was a busy end to the year, as courts handed down several key insurance decisions before ringing in 2023. The Ohio Supreme Court considered the contours of “direct physical loss or damage” in two separate decisions –...more

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“Take-Home COVID” Claims May Lead to Future Insurance Disputes

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What Are “Take-Home COVID” Claims? “Take-home COVID” claims are claims brought against an employer by the spouse or child of an employee who caught COVID-19 in the workplace and brought it home, infecting a spouse or child...more

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California Court of Appeal: Insurers Not Liable Under the California Insurance Frauds Prevention Act

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In its recent decision, People ex rel. Ellinger v. Magill, et al., —Cal.Rptr.3d—, No. E076378, 2022 WL 1077988 (Cal. Ct. App., Mar. 18, 2022), the California Court of Appeal refused to extend liability under California’s...more

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Pennsylvania Finds Exception to Anti-Subrogation Rule

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court recently adopted the “no-coverage exception” in Arlet v. Workers’ Compensation Appeal Board. 2022 WL 529350 (Pa. 2022). As most subrogation professionals are aware, the anti-subrogation rule...more

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COVID-19 Litigation: Clear Sailing or Calm Before the Storm?

The last time we looked at litigation arising from the COVID-19 pandemic, it appeared that businesses and their insurers faced a grave risk of being buried by COVID-related lawsuits. So far, however, the worst fears within...more

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Insurance Rates for the Technology Industry: 2022 Trend Report

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In this report, we identify the emerging trends that are impacting insurance for the tech sector, with a specific review of the property, general liability, and workers’ compensation (WC) coverage areas. The big takeaway?...more

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[Virtual Seminar] Workers’ Compensation & Civil Litigation Law Updates - September 29th, 9:00 am - 4:00 pm EDT

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Register Today For Cranfill Sumner’s 2021 Virtual Continuing Education Seminar: Workers’ Compensation & Civil Litigation Law Updates...more

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West Virginia Insurance Commissioner Bulletin No. 21-01 Provides Guidance for Filing and Handling Workers' Compensation Claims for...

On January 19, 2021, the West Virginia Insurance Commissioner issued Bulletin No. 21-01 providing guidance for employers, workers’ compensation insurers, and self-insured employers regarding COVID-19 workers’ compensation...more

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COVID-19 and Unprecedented Litigation Insights, Issue 26, October 2020

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

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Look No Further Than the Insuring Clause: Ill-Gotten Gains Do Not Constitute Covered “Loss”

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On August 26, 2019, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals, applying Florida Law, held that ill-gotten gains do not constitute covered “loss” within the meaning of a D&O policy. In Philadelphia Indemnity Insurance Co. v. Sabal...more

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Bad Faith Claims Are Barred Against Third-Party Administrators

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In De Dios v. Indemnity Insurance Company of North America, the Iowa Supreme Court set out to answer a certified question of law: Can third-party administrators be liable for bad faith failure to pay workers’ compensation...more

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Texas Supreme Court Opinion Has Companies Double Checking Contractual Insurance Obligations

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On February 15, 2019, the Texas Supreme Court issued its opinion in Exxon Mobil Corporation v. The Insurance Company of the State of Pennsylvania (ICSOP) reversing the First Court of Appeals and finding that ICSOP had waived...more

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Applied Underwriters Defeats Class Certification in Long-Running Worker’s Compensation Reinsurance Dispute

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Applied Underwriters beat back an attempt by plaintiffs to certify a class in their lawsuit related to Applied Underwriters’ “EquityComp” and “SolutionOne” workers’ compensation programs. ...more

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Arizona District Court Dismisses Bad Faith and Aiding & Abetting Claims Against TPA and Adjuster

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The Holding - In Centeno v. American Liberty Ins. Co., 2019 WL 568926 (D. Ariz. Feb. 12, 2019) (Order), an insurance bad faith case arising from a workers’ compensation claim, the Arizona District Court granted a motion to...more

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Reasonable Expectations Cannot Overcome Unambiguous Policy Language - Construction and Procurement Law News, Q4 2018

In a recent decision, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals (a federal appellate court supervising the federal trial courts in Delaware, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and the Virgin Islands) enforced the plain meaning of an...more

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Arizona Court of Appeals Enforces Workers' Comp Exclusion to MedPay Coverage

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The Holding - In Doneson v. Farmers Ins. Exch., 2018 WL 4781382 (Ariz.App. Oct. 3, 2018), an insurance bad faith case, the Arizona Court of Appeals upheld an exclusion precluding MedPay benefits “if workers’ compensation...more

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Court Upholds Decision Rendering Insurance Arbitration Provision and Delegation Clause Unenforceable for Failure to File Them with...

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In a dispute between Low Desert Empire Pizza (Desert Pizza) and its insurers over alleged mismanagement of claims and unjustifiable cost increases related to a workers’ compensation insurance program, a California appellate...more

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Arizona Worker’s Comp. Carriers: Enforce Your Lien, But Offer to Reduce it, Too

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The Arizona Supreme Court, in Twin City Fire Ins. Co. v. Leija, -- P.3d --- , 2018 WL 3651026 (Ariz. Aug. 2, 2018), affirmed worker's compensation insurance carriers' ability to enforce a statutory lien against beneficiary...more

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Before You Write That Check!

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The Supreme Court of Ohio issued an opinion last week that provides a cautionary tale whose main antagonist is the broad reach of Ohio’s automatic subrogation provision set forth in R.C. 4123.931(G). In Bur. of Workers’...more

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Minnesota Court of Appeals Affirms Dismissal of Claims Against Reinsurer Under Filed-Rate Doctrine

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The filed-rate doctrine precluded recovery of deficiency assessments the Workers’ Compensation Reinsurance Association (WCRA) levied against employers which were alleged to have been wrongfully collected in 2013 and 2014 when...more

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Court Vacates Arbitration Award For Arbitrator’s Evident Partiality

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A New York Court vacated an arbitration award, finding that a party appointed arbitrator’s undisclosed relationships with the appointing party amounted to a relatively infrequent instance in which such nondisclosure...more

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Connecticut Appellate Court Issues Mixed Ruling on Coverage for Asbestos Liabilities

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Manufacturers with asbestos liabilities should pay attention to the March 7, 2017, ruling in R.T. Vanderbilt Company v. Hartford Accident and Indemnity Company by the Connecticut Appellate Court. While the court issued...more

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Connecticut Workers’ Compensation Carriers May Pursue Justice

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Workers’ compensation statutes impose liability without fault on the employers of men and women who are injured on the job. They also permit employers to recoup the costs they incur from any third parties who actually caused...more

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CT Supreme Court Permits a Workers' Compensation Insurer to Sue Third Parties for Reimbursement

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In a decision to be officially released on September 27, 2016, the Connecticut Supreme Court holds that a workers’ compensation insurer can maintain an equitable subrogation claim against third-party tortfeasors to recover...more

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