No Malpractice Coverage Owed to Law Firm Sanctioned for ‘Frivolous’ Lawsuits July 6, 2022 By Jim Sams A legal malpractice insurer has no duty to defend or indemnify attorneys who were sanctioned for filing frivolous lawsuits against...
Insurers Found Liable for $101 Million Payment into Lead Paint Abatement Fund April 4, 2022 By Jim Sams Taking a calculated risk by selling a hazardous product isn’t the same as intentionally causing harm. For that reason, insurers...
Montana Supreme Voids UIM Exclusion For Motorcyles Owned By Policyholder November 12, 2021 By Jim Sams An insurer wrongly denied uninsured motorist coverage to a policyholder who was injured while riding his motorcycle even though the...
More Than a Week Later, FBI Avoids Terror Label For Bombing January 7, 2021 By Kimberlee Kruesi and Eric Tucker NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The FBI investigation into whether the Nashville bombing was a terrorist act has sparked criticism about...
8th Circuit Finds No Coverage Owed in Separate Investor Schemes December 8, 2020 By Jim Sams In separate opinions, a federal appellate court affirmed rulings that insurers could dodge liability for wrongful acts by their policyholders...
Neb. Supreme Court Finds Meth Residue a ‘Contaminant’ Excluded by Policy October 26, 2020 By Jim Sams The cost of cleaning up residue left behind by tenants who used or manufactured methamphetamine in a rental home was...
N.J. Judge Clears Path for COVID-19 Business-Interruption Suit September 21, 2020 By Jim Sams A second judge has ruled that a policyholder’s COVID-19 business-interruption claim should proceed, marking an uncommon procedural win for business...
Court Rules Coverage May Be Owed for Settlement in Firefighters’ Deaths August 25, 2020 By Jim Sams An insurer may be liable for $14 million of a mortgage company’s settlement with the estates of two Chicago firefighters...
No Coverage Owed for Shooting Due to Criminal Act Exclusion June 26, 2020 By Jim Sams An insurer is not liable for injuries caused by a policyholder who shot a 15-year-old boy in the head because...
Court Says Policy’s Vandalism Exclusion Doesn’t Bar Coverage for Arson August 26, 2019 By Jim Sams Setting fire to a house is much more than an act of vandalism and if insurers want to exclude such...