By Randy J. Maniloff, White and Williams, LLP Court Creates Sunshine State For Defense Counsel It is a question that I get asked regularly from clients: We have a duty to defend and there are four insureds (or any number greater than one)... Read More
The Nevada Supreme Court has adopted the "Cumis" independent counsel doctrine first adopted in California more than 30 years ago. In State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co. v. Hansen , 131 Nev. Adv. Op. 74 (9/24/2015), [subscribers can access an enhanced... Read More
Tapas: Small Dishes of Insurance Coverage News & Notes Answering a Certified Question from a Nevada District Court, the Supreme Court of Nevada held as follows in State Farm v. Hansen, No. 64484 (Nev. Sept. 24, 2015), [subscribers can access an... Read More
By Joseph G. Finnerty III and Aidan M. McCormack, Partners, DLA Piper Confounding most observers, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has issued a decision contradicting established insurance law jurisprudence in nearly every... Read More
IN THIS MONTH'S EDITION: Circuit Court Reverses District Court and Determines that there is No Right to Injunction to Stop Arbitration Because No Showing of Irreparable Injury District Court Dismisses Case against British American Sua Sponte... Read More
By Seth D. Lamden, Partner, Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP The chapter identifies and discusses many key issues that arise in the context of the duty to defend. This chapter begins in Section 17.01[1][a] with an overview of the scope and purpose... Read More
By William T. Barker, Partner, SNR Denton Older Texas cases had indicated that, whenever a liability insurer offered a defense under reservation of rights, the insured was entitled to demand defense by independent counsel, at the insurer's expense... Read More
When it comes to an insured’s right to retain independent counsel, when being defended by its insurer under a reservation of rights, there are some general rules of the road. In a few states a defense provided under a reservation of rights automatically... Read More
By William T. Barker, Partner, SNR Denton Counsel for insureds are likely to use the Seventh Circuit’s opinion in R.G. Wegman Construction Co. v. Admiral Insurance Co., 2011 U.S. App. LEXIS 679 (Jan. 14, 2011), as a basis to argue for broader... Read More
The Missouri Supreme Court cited the chapter written by Douglas Richmond on agent and broker liability in the New Appleman on Insurance Law Library Edition several times in Emerson Electric Co. v. Marsh & McLennan Cos., 362 S.W.3d 7 (Mo. 2012) , a... Read More
By William T. Barker, Partner, SNR Denton Lennar Corp. v. Transamerica Insurance Co. addressed the novel question whether an policyholder entitled to independent counsel could both accept representation by the counsel selected by the insurer and insist... Read More
Section 16.04 of New Appleman on Insurance Law Library Edition deals with the relationship that exists between insureds, their insurers, and the insurer-directed legal counsel that insurers provide to their insureds. You can download a free copy of this... Read More
By William T. Barker, Partner, SNR Denton The Colorado federal district court in Weitz Co. v. Ohio Casualty Insurance Co. concluded that a Colorado liability insurer is not a client of defense counsel for its insured. That was correct on the facts... Read More