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Coverage Dispute
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Tennessee Insurance Litigation Blog
Tennessee Court of Appeals Reaffirms Limited Scope of Appraisal
Almost yearly (if not more frequently), insurance companies face the argument that the appraisal process provided by the typical insurance policy should be expanded. As a refresher, back in 2001,…
Property Insurance Coverage Law Blog
A First-Party Claimant Can Also Be a Third-Party Claimant in Colorado
Ski resorts are starting to open in Colorado so I thought you would appreciate hearing about a case that is currently pending in snow country. The case is National Union…
Insurance Law Hawaii
Hawaii Federal Court Grants Insured’s Motion for Remand
The federal district court, district of Hawaii, recently granted the insured's motion for remand. Catholic Foreign Mission Society of Am., Inc. v. Arrowood Indem. Co., Civ. No. 14-00420, Order Granting…
Insurance Law Hawaii
Insurers Dispute Coverage for Accident On Tractor-Trailer
Focusing on the facts surrounding the accident determined which of two insurers' policies were responsible for covering a serious injury to a worker. Nat. Am Ins. Co. v. Harleysville Lake…
Property Insurance Coverage Insights
Contra Proferentem in New York: A Last Resort for Resolving Ambiguity in Coverage Disputes
In insurance litigation, insureds often argue that, if a provision in an insurance policy is found to be ambiguous, that ambiguity should be resolved in favor of the insured, and…
Property Insurance Coverage Law Blog
Things You Should Know About California’s Statute of Limitations
By Larry Bache
A public adjuster I work with in California recently sent me a statute of limitations question for a loss and I wanted to share some important highlights of California’s statute…
InsureReinsure
Based on a Doubtful “Plausible” Reading of an Insurance Policy, the Seventh Circuit Finds Coverage
While interpreting a policy governed by Illinois law, the Seventh Circuit found ambiguity based on two “plausible” interpretations and found coverage, a finding based on language that appears to have…
Tennessee Insurance Litigation Blog
Commas and Sentence Structure are Important After All
The Tennessee Court of Appeals' recent decision in Artist Building Partners v. Auto Owners Mut. Ins. Co. serves as an important reminder in coverage disputes that any ambiguities will be…
Tennessee Insurance Litigation Blog
What Constitutes a True “Coverage” Issue in Appraisal?
With the proliferation of appraisal demands, the ins and outs of appraisal in Tennessee will begin to take shape through the judiciary. In Artist Building Partners v. Auto-Owners Mut. Ins.…
The Northwest Policyholder
Washington Federal Court Permits Deposition of Carrier’s Former Coverage Attorney
By Seth Row
On October 30, 2013 Judge Martinez of the Western District of Washington permitted the policyholder in a long-running bad faith case to take the deposition of the carrier's former coverage…