I attended The Rutgers Law School–Camden Center for Risk and Responsibility’s ALI Restatement conference on February 27th. It had been my first time on the Rutgers-Camden Law School campus since I’d been deemed unworthy of being there... Read More
In Bartkowiak v. Underwriters at Lloyd’s London , 2015 Ill. App. (1 st ) 133549 (Aug. 13, 2015), the Illinois Appellate Court, First District, [subscribers can access an enhanced version of this opinion: lexis.com | Lexis Advance ], affirmed the... Read More
By Nishant Kumar The second half of 2014 and early 2015 brought noteworthy insurance coverage cases in contemporary areas of interest -- for instance, coverage for media providers and for privacy breaches -- as well as significant new developments... Read More
Transport Ins. Co. v. Superior Court , 222 Cal. App. 4th 1216 (2014), [ enhanced version available to lexis.com subscribers ]. In Transport Insurance Co. , the California Court of Appeal held that because the additional insured was the party seeking... Read More
Insurance policies, contrary to the belief of some members of the plaintiffs’ bar, are nothing more than a contract that needs to be interpreted like any other contract. In so doing the entire contract must be read to determine the intent of the... Read More
St. Paul Mercury Ins. Co. v. Hahn , 2014 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 153643 (C.D. Cal. October 8, 2014), [ enhanced version available to lexis.com subscribers ]. In Hahn, the Central District of California ruled that the claims of the FDIC as receiver for a failed... Read More
Brian Margolies, Partner, Traub Lieberman Straus & Shrewsberry LLP In its recent decision in Netherlands Insurance Co. v. Phusion Projects, Inc., 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 5222 (N.D. Ill. Jan. 17, 2012) , the United States District Court for the Northern... Read More
A California appeals court has ruled that an insurance company did not act in bad faith when it refused to reimburse a jewelry wholesaler for more than $1.5 million in property that the wholesaler claimed was mistakenly handed over to an individual who... Read More
Brian Margolies, Partner, Traub Lieberman Straus & Shrewsberry LLP In its recent decision in Netherlands Insurance Co. v. Phusion Projects, Inc., 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 5222 (N.D. Ill. Jan. 17, 2012) , the United States District Court for the... Read More