A New York-based apparel company is entitled to its claim for the full $600,000 limit on its marine cargo insurance policy because the policy was ambiguous as to whether a warehouse fire that destroyed its goods was at an approved …
For more than 50 years, insurers have known that their duty to defend a Texas policyholder from a lawsuit must be decided based only on the language of the insurance contract and the allegations made by the plaintiff. The so-called …
Texas law requires an insurer to defend the grandparents of a 10-year-old boy who was killed while driving their all-terrain vehicle against a negligence lawsuit, even though the carrier says neither the boy nor the crash was covered by its …
In Washington National Ins. Corp. v. Ruderman, 117 So.3d 943 (Fla. 2013) the Eleventh Circuit United States Court of Appeals certified a question to the Florida Supreme Court asking the following question: “If an ambiguity exists in [an] insurance policy …
The Florida Supreme Court recently issued an important decision on the use of extrinsic evidence to resolve ambiguities in policy language. In Wash. Nat’l Ins. Co. v. Ruderman, No. SC12-323 (Fla. Jul. 3, 2013), the Florida Supreme Court answered a …