Last month, we wrote about the Seventh Circuit’s willingness to reopen a 23-year old judgment under Rule 60 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. But in Selective Insurance Co. v. City of Paris , the court reminded parties once again that modifying... Read More

By Samuel H. Ruby , Andrew B. Downs Recently, a California Court of Appeal upheld the standard condition that a policyholder must actually repair or replace in order to claim replacement cost value. However, the court held a policyholder could recover... Read More

It is one of the toughest issues of them all for insurers. The insurer is defending its insured under a reservation of rights. There are strong coverage defenses. The underlying case is getting close to trial. There is a demand to settle within limits... Read More

Singler v. Zurich American Ins. Co., No. 2014AP391 (Wis. Ct. App. Sept. 16, 2014), [ enhanced version available to lexis.com subscribers ], involves Zurich’s eve-of-trial settlement of an automobile liability claim for $1.9 million. Zurich’s... Read More

The Arizona Supreme Court’s decision in Quihuis v. State Farm Mutual Auto Ins. Co., 334 P.3d 719 (Ariz. 2014), [ enhanced version available to lexis.com subscribers ], answered the following Certified Question from the Ninth Circuit: “Whether... Read More

On November 4, 2014, LexisNexis author William T. Barker will speak at the 1st Annual Bad Faith Litigation Strategies ExecuSummit on "Recent Developments in Third-Party Bad Faith: The American Law Institute Principles of the Law of Liability Insurance... Read More