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Mar. 7, 2018 - "A joint report by attorneys from NIJC, American Immigration Council, American Immigration Lawyers Association, National Immigration Law Center, and Southern Poverty Law Center, Assumption of Risk: Legal Liabilities for Local Governments...

By Syed S. Ahmad and Patrick M. McDermott I. Introduction For years, reinsurers have attempted to use the Bellefonte case to cap their liability. Bellefonte has thus served as a thorn in cedents' sides for some time. However, recent court...

In its recent decision in Navigators Ins. Co. v. Amsterdam , 2015 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 64385 (E.D. Pa. May 18, 2015), [ enhanced version available to lexis.com subscribers ], the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania had occasion...

It is unquestionably one of the most challenging issues to confront an insurer – the demand to settle a claim within the insured’s limits of liability. We all know the drill. An insurer has been defending its insured for a while. The case...

By Mary McCutcheon No one insurance policy covers all liability risks. Risk managers expect to purchase several types or layers of insurance to cover different types of insurance liabilities, to provide sufficient limits for a catastrophe loss, or...

By Colin B. Willmott and Jonathan L. Schwartz One of the most remarkable and memorable scandals of 2014 involved Donald Sterling, the longtime owner of the Los Angeles Clippers, who received a lifetime ban from the National Basketball Association....

This case arises from a collision between a vehicle driven by Barry Hunt and a snow plow owned by Dane County. Wisconsin and operated by a county employee. Barry Hunt and his wife, Ashley Hunt, had a motor vehicle liability policy with State Farm Mutual...

In January, the Supreme Court of Texas, in easily one of the most important coverage cases of 2014, held in Ewing Construction Co. v. Amerisure Insurance Co., [ enhanced version available to lexis.com subscribers ], that the “contractual liability”...

As mentioned in the July 23rd issue of Coverage Opinions , the Pennsylvania Supreme Court’s 1967 decision in PMA v. Aetna, [ enhanced version available to lexis.com subscribers ], has long-been a controversial one. The decision holds that the Employer’s...

"Golf International d.b.a. Desert Canyon Golf is liable for a total of 129 violations of 8 U.S.C. § 1324a(a)(1)(B). ... Liability is established for all the violations alleged in the complaint. ICE may have until April 16, 2014 to file its penalty...

You know the rule of evidence. Mentioning the availability of insurance, during a personal injury trial, is a big N-O. The rule is designed to prevent prejudice in the verdict, which might result if the jury is aware that an insurance company, and not...

In 2003, the California Supreme Court ruled, [subscribers can access an enhanced version of this opinion: lexis.com | Lexis Advance ], that a company’s contractual transfer of insurance rights to a subsequent purchaser was invalid, as it violated...

By Andrew B. Downs and Heather J. Zacharia In a sharp U-Turn, the California Supreme Court has decided that rights under liability insurance policies for harm that has already happened are assignable without the insurer's consent. In California...

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...

By Jason Frye , Associate, Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP The California Supreme Court has issued its long-awaited ruling in Fluor Corp. v. Superior Court of Orange Co . and held that California Insurance Code section 520 – a statute tracing...