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Construing Maine law, in spite of a provision in a general liability insurance policy excluding workers’ compensation matters from coverage, a federal district court held that a company’s general liability insurance carrier was required to...

In Atain Speciality , [subscribers can access an enhanced version of this opinion: lexis.com | Lexis Advance ], the Northern District of California entered a default judgment in favor of the insurer because the damages alleged in an underlying construction...

When it comes to how insurers have fared in Indiana, in their attempts to enforce the pollution exclusion, they are the mouse inside the boa tank at the pet store. Ironically, it could be the exact opposite. All insurers have to do is draft the pollution...

It has become difficult these days to find a pollution exclusion case that warrants discussion. In general, while each case is different, they also often have many similarities. Does the exclusion apply narrowly and only to traditional environmental pollution...

In Golden Eagle , [subscribers can access an enhanced version of this opinion: lexis.com | Lexis Advance ], the Northern District of California granted an insured’s motion to stay proceedings in a declaratory relief action pending the resolution...

While some EPL policies explicitly provide defense coverage for wage and hour suits subject to a sublimit, virtually all EPL policies exclude indemnity coverage for wage and hour claims. Nonetheless, given the substantial rise in wage and hour class actions...

Places of public accommodation like bars, restaurants and hotels that serve alcoholic beverages are subject to rambunctious customers who may injure innocent customers. Insurers are loathe to insure risks where damage from assault or battery or the use...

By Michael R. Kelley On May 26, 2015, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court handed down its much anticipated decision in Mutual Benefit Ins. Co. v. Christos Politsopoulos [subscribers can access an enhanced version of this opinion: lexis.com | Lexis Advance...

Street Surfing, LLC v. Great American E&S Ins. Co., 2014 U.S. App. LEXIS 21804 (9th Cir. Nov. 14, 2014) , [ enhanced version available to lexis.com subscribers ]. In Street Surfing , the Ninth Circuit affirmed the District Court’s ruling...

Robert D. Redmond sued ACE American Insurance Company (“ACE”) after it refused to provide insurance coverage in connection with a civil suit Redmond’s former employer brought against him. The District Court dismissed Redmond’s...

The World Cup is in full swing. So that can mean only one thing – the entire planet coming together, with a shared purpose of cheering on their national soccer team, in a spirit of competition and good will. Well, yeah, but I was thinking more like...

By Liza Weiman Hanks Dear Liza: I am helping my friend make a Will. It’s very simple, with one heir. She wants to make sure her brother, who is her only living relative and from who she has been estranged from since they left home (she’s...

"The Harvard Immigration and Refugee Clinic (HIRC) released today a comprehensive report titled Bordering on Failure: Canada-U.S. Border Policy and the Politics of Refugee Exclusion . The result of extensive research and fact-finding investigations...

n its recent decision in Preferred Contrs. Ins. Co. Risk Retention Group v. Oyoque Masonry, Inc., 2013 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 105386 (S.D. Tex. July 26, 2013) [ enhanced version available to lexis.com subscribers ], the United States District Court for the...

Larson's Spotlight on Workers' Comp Evidence in Social Security Disability Proceeding, Termination for Failure to Provide Notice of Injury, Workers' Comp Exclusion in UIM Policy, Employee Fraud, and Immigration Status and Suspension of Benefits...