Insurance coverage disputes can involve unusual facts, but the facts in Parsons v. Crum & Forster Specialty Insurance Company are particularly striking. The case arose from the sale of a product marketed as grain alcohol and intended for ethanol-extraction and
The New Jersey Supreme Court recently upheld an insurer’s coverage denial and withdrawal from the insured’s defense because the insurer properly and timely reserved its rights. Mist Pharmaceuticals, LLC v. Berkley Insurance Company, Docket No. 089689 (May 11, 2026).
Recent Texas appellate decisions reflect an increased scrutiny of large awards for noneconomic damages. Together, Gregory v. Chohan, Exxon Mobil Corp. v. Brown, and Jones v. Hatch reflect an emerging trend: noneconomic damages must be grounded in the evidentiary record
In the recent decision of StarStone National Insurance Company v. Golf Argonomics Supply & Handling Co., 2026 WL 245860 (M.D. Fla. Jan. 10, 2026), the Court granted StarStone’s motion for judgment on the pleadings ruling that a broader automobile exclusion
In a recent Nebraska Supreme Court decision, U.S. Specialty Insurance Co. v. DSA Avionics Unlimited, LLC, 320 Neb. 287, 26 N.W.3d 761 (2025), the court reasoned that interpretation of “direct physical loss” includes physical dispossession of property, regardless of whether
Since June, the FDA, USDA and CDC have been investigating a multistate outbreak of Listeria monocytogenes infections linked to prepared meals. In September, the outbreak was traced to a supplier of pre-cooked pasta, Nate’s Fine Foods. Even so, Nate’s Fine Foods reports
The Texas Supreme Court’s recent decision in In re East Texas Medical Center Athens, 712 S.W.3d 88 (Tex. 2025), addresses a recurring issue in workplace injury litigation: whether a nonsubscribing employer may designate responsible third parties under the proportionate responsibility statute
The coverage dispute in Home Depot, Inc., et al v. Steadfast Insurance Company, et al. arises out of a 2014 data breach of millions of Home Depot’s customers’ payment information. As a result of the breach, the financial institutions needed
While not often in the limelight, standard business practice relies on service contracts and, in turn, risk transfer through those contracts. Critical issues can arise regarding whether a party seeking additional insured coverage is actually an additional insured, and if
“We cannot enforce insurance provisions that render coverage so narrow it is illusory.”[1] The Washington Supreme Court used this reasoning to hold that a contractor’s commercial general liability policy was unenforceable where it required that an “occurrence” occur
