Invoking the familiar insurance contract interpretation doctrine of California and other jurisdictions, that truly ambiguous policy wording must be construed...
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Articles by Richard Wolf
Richard B. Wolf is a partner in the Los Angeles office of the nationwide law firm of Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP. Since 1970, Wolf has specialized in insurance coverage advice and litigation. He is a member of the Los Angeles Chapter of the American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA) and serves on the panel of arbitrators of the American Arbitration Association (AAA).
Twice in the last four years American Access Casualty Company, a non-standard private passenger automobile insurer based in Downers Grove,...
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Every once in a while, a court teaches us by judicial decision an entire chapter of insurance law lessons we...
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The California Court of Appeal began and ended its insurance coverage opinion of March 7, 2018 with the Bard’s wisdom....
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In a methodically crafted decision filed January 18, 2018 on cross-motions for summary judgment, Stefan R. Underhill, judge of the...
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It is typical for business income insurance, the modern version of business interruption coverage, to provide for two components of...
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A federal court in Ohio, faced with the question of whether a vacancy exclusion applied in the case of arson,...
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In a lawsuit brought by the Illinois city of Park Ridge against its liability insurer, involving the defense of alleged...
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Following a well-worn path of decisions from other states, the Supreme Court of Wyoming adopted the prevalent of three legal...
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Jodee Edwards had a home and auto insurance policy issued by insurer Encompass that excluded coverage for loss “arising out...
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