The quick answer to this post is to “hire a really good and experienced property insurance bad faith attorney and file a proper Civll Remedy Notice.” It is clearly not business as we used to do it in the first-party
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Part I: Policy options
This is the first part of a two-part blog series discussing insurance coverage for musical instruments”. Part II covers exclusions, considerations, filing a claim, and tips.
Musical instruments can cost significant sums running from a few
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In the latest SPAC-related securities class action lawsuit filing, a plaintiff shareholder has filed a securities class action suit against electric vehicle company Lightning eMotors and certain of its directors and officers, after the company disappointed investors in its first
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The Louisiana Insurance Commissioner has issued Rule 22 for Hurricane Ida which allows policyholders an opportunity to mediate disputes with underwriters for claims up to $50,000. This is a streamlined approach where each side submits a position paper and meets
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The insurer’s motion to dismissed based upon the policy’s forum selection provision was denied. Oak Haven Mgmt., LLC v. Starr Surplus Lines Ins. Co., 2021 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 171611 (W.D. La. Sept. 9, 2021).
The insured
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Punitive Damages Test
In 1989, Exxon’s supertanker grounded on a reef off Alaska spilling millions of gallons of crude oil. The accident occurred after the tanker’s captain—who had a history of alcohol abuse and whose blood still had a high
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A Video Explaining the Limitations Imposed by the U.S. Supreme Court on the Award of Punitive Damages
See the full video at https://rumble.com/vnv3fc-limitations-on-punitive-damages.html and at https://youtu.be/98CKBXxzaiM
The US Supreme Court has restricted the extent of available punitive damages in State
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United Policyholders provides a forum to help advocate for and educate about the need for policyholder rights. As a result of United Policyholders, I and others with Merlin Law Group have been able to help support the legal rights of
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The standard view of the Biden Administration SEC under the leadership of Gary Gensler is that the agency will take a more active enforcement approach than was the case during the prior administration. Two developments in the past few days
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During the First Party Claims Conference last week, New York attorney Jonathan Lerner and I discussed the new public adjuster regulations that had just come into effect in New York on October 8. The New York Department of Financial Services
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