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Federal Judge: Insurer Has No Duty To Defend Claimant In Suit By Former Employer
CONCORD, N.H. - A claimant has failed to establish that his alleged disparaging conduct was in his capacity as an insured, a New Hampshire federal judge ruled April 22, denying the claimant's motion...
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Judges Enters Judgment In Favor Of Insurers In Suit Prompted By Hazing Death
LOS ANGELES - A California federal judge on April 19 entered judgment in favor of a primary and an excess insurer in a coverage dispute arising from an alcohol-related fraternity hazing death, finding...
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Judge Allows Insurer To File Exhibits Under Seal In Product Liability Suit
RICHMOND, Va. - A Virginia federal judge on April 19 granted an insurer's motion to file exhibits under seal as evidence in support of its motion for a protective order in a lawsuit brought by Ford...
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N.Y. Panel Affirms Dismissal Of Agency's Third-Party Complaint Against Insurer
BROOKLYN, N.Y. - A New York appeals panel on April 17 affirmed a lower court's dismissal of an insurance agency's third-party complaint seeking contractual indemnification from an insurer in a dispute...
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N.Y. Judge: Coverage For Property Damage Claim Barred By Entrustment Exclusion
NEW YORK - Because an insured was deceived and its confidence was abused when it entrusted its property to a thief, its claimed property damage loss falls squarely within an insurance policy's...
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8th Circuit Finds Reasonable Expectations Doctrine Applies, Reverses In Part
ST. LOUIS - A majority of the Eighth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on April 30 found that because the reasonable expectations doctrine applies, an insured is entitled to coverage under a 1977-78...
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Insured's Notification Of Antitrust Violation Claim Was Timely, 6th Circuit Says
CINCINNATI - The Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on April 30 held that a "claim" did not arise until January 2011 when the Federal Trade Commission initiated administrative and civil actions...
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Not All Defamatory Claims Were Employment-Related, Illinois Majority Affirms
OTTAWA, Ill. - An insurer has a duty to defend its insureds because not all of the defamatory statements counterclaimed in an underlying lawsuit were employment-related, a majority of the Third...
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Judge Refuses To Dismiss Breach Of Contract Claim In Discrimination Coverage...
CAMDEN, N.J. - A New Jersey federal judge on April 22 denied an insurer's motion to dismiss a breach of contract claim in an insured's lawsuit seeking coverage for an underlying gender discrimination...
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9th Circuit Reverses, Remands For Reconsideration Of Breach Of Contract Claim
PASADENA, Calif. - The Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on April 26 reversed and remanded an errors and omissions liability insurance coverage suit for reconsideration of the insured's breach of...
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Federal Judge: Insurer Has No Duty To Defend, Indemnify Association, Board...
HATTIESBURG, Miss. - An insurer has no duty to defend or indemnify its property owners association insured and members of the insured's board of directors against underlying claims that the members...
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Missouri Panel Affirms Ruling For Insurer In Malpractice Coverage Dispute
ST. LOUIS - A Missouri appeals panel on April 23 affirmed a lower court's finding that a 2009 insurance policy did not apply to the causes of action in an underlying legal malpractice action, further...
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Court: Coverage Exists For Claims Insured Did Not Participate In Birth Injury...
RICHMOND, Va. - A majority of the Virginia Supreme Court on April 18 affirmed a lower court's finding that a professional liability insurer has duty to defend and indemnify its insured against an...
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Federal Judge: Bond Exclusion Bars Coverage For Claims Against Management Firm
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Final judgment was entered in favor of an insurer on April 15, three days after a California federal chief judge held that an insurance policy's bond exclusion bars professional...
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Panel: Policy Allows For Betterment Charges In Suit Disputing Insurer's...
ATLANTA - The 11th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on April 23 found that an insurance policy allows for betterment charges, affirming a lower federal court's ruling dismissing a lawsuit questioning the...
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Majority: Business Pursuit Exclusion Does Not Relieve Insurer Of Its Duty To...
OTTAWA, Ill. - A majority of the Third District Illinois Appellate Court on April 23 held that a policy's business pursuit exclusion did not apply to relieve an insurer of its duty to defend its...
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Federal Judge: Insurer Has No Duty To Defend Claimant In Suit By Former Employer
CONCORD, N.H. - A claimant has failed to establish that his alleged disparaging conduct was in his capacity as an insured, a New Hampshire federal judge ruled April 22, denying the claimant's motion...
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Judges Enters Judgment In Favor Of Insurers In Suit Prompted By Hazing Death
LOS ANGELES - A California federal judge on April 19 entered judgment in favor of a primary and an excess insurer in a coverage dispute arising from an alcohol-related fraternity hazing death, finding...
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Judge Allows Insurer To File Exhibits Under Seal In Product Liability Suit
RICHMOND, Va. - A Virginia federal judge on April 19 granted an insurer's motion to file exhibits under seal as evidence in support of its motion for a protective order in a lawsuit brought by Ford...
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N.Y. Judge: Coverage For Property Damage Claim Barred By Entrustment Exclusion
NEW YORK - Because an insured was deceived and its confidence was abused when it entrusted its property to a thief, its claimed property damage loss falls squarely within an insurance policy's...
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