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Pennsylvania Supreme Court Holds Insured Entitled to Settle Underlying Claim Even Absent Insurer Consent
Posted on 20 Aug 2015 by Brian Margolies

In its recent decision in Babcock & Wilcox Co. v. American Nuclear Insurers , 2015 Pa. LEXIS 1551 (Pa. July 21, 2015), [subscribers can access an enhanced version of this opinion: lexis.com | Lexis Advance ], the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, deciding... Read More

California Supreme Court Finds Liability Policies Are Assignable in Some Circumstances
Posted on 22 Sep 2015 by Bullivant Houser Bailey PC

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... Read More

California Supreme Court: Insureds May Freely Transfer Insurance Rights
Posted on 29 Sep 2015 by John Green

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... Read More

Babcock & Wilcox v. American Nuclear Insurers: Why Insurers Are The Real Winners In Pennsylvania High Court’s Adoption Of Arizona’s Morris Rule
Posted on 25 Aug 2015 by Randy J. Maniloff

Justice Stanley Feldman (Ret.) Of The Arizona Supreme Court -- Author of Morris -- Provides Comment [Disclosure: I, along with two colleagues, filed an amicus brief with the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, in Babcock & Wilcox Company v. American... Read More

California Joins the Majority – Henkel No Longer a Bar to Post-Loss Assignments
Posted on 8 Oct 2015 by Neal Gerber Eisenberg

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... Read More

PA Supreme Court Rules Insured May Enter Settlement Despite Insurer’s Objections
Posted on 1 Sep 2015 by Steptoe & Johnson PLLC

On July 21, 2015, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court in The Babcock & Wilcox Company v. American Nuclear Insurers , No. 2 WAP 2014, [subscribers can access an enhanced version of this opinion: lexis.com | Lexis Advance ], adopted a variation of the test... Read More

Letter To The Editor: Bill Barker, Coverage Lawyer and Scholar, Says I Got It Wrong About Babcock & Wilcox
Posted on 5 Oct 2015 by Randy J. Maniloff

In the August 26th issue of Coverage Opinions I wrote that, despite the fact that the insurer in The Babcock & Wilcox Company v. American Nuclear Insurers (Pa. July 21, 2015), [subscribers can access an enhanced version of this opinion: lexis.com... Read More

Ten Most Significant Insurance Coverage Decisions Of 2014 – Insurer Can Litigate Facts Determinative Of Both Liability And Coverage Following A Consent Judgment
Posted on 23 Dec 2014 by Randy J. Maniloff

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

Insurer Did Not Breach any Duty by Settling Claims without Insured’s Consent and Prior to Appointing Counsel
Posted on 3 Sep 2015 by Troutman Sanders

In American Western Door , the Central District of California granted a CGL carrier’s motion to dismiss an insured’s complaint and held that a carrier has the right to settle covered claims without the participation of the insured. American... Read More