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Delay Claims
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Property Insurance Coverage Law Blog
Insurance Company Defense Counsel Admits That Claim Delay By Insurers Is a Strategy
By Chip Merlin
A Texas law firm that practices insurance defense work admits that claims delay is a strategy employed by some of its clients. In an article that was sent to me…
Tort Talk
ARTICLE: Justice Delayed Is Still Compensable: Courts Rule on Damages During Shutdowns
Justice Delayed Is Still Compensable: Courts Rule on Damages During ShutdownsBy Daniel E. Cummins | June 09, 2022Pennsylvania Law WeeklyDaniel E. CumminsNow that more and more cases are reaching verdict…
Justice Pays
What Should I Do When A Florida Insurance Provider Is Delaying My Claim?
Serious injuries, big property damages, and other costly consequences from an accident in Sarasota could involve a big amount of money. Insurance companies may seem agreeable at first and would…
Florida Construction Legal Updates
A RETROSPECTIVE AS-BUILT SCHEDULE ANALYSIS CAN BE USED TO SUPPORT DELAY
Delay claims are part of construction. There should be no surprise why. Time is money. A delay claim should be accompanied by expert opinions that bolster evidence that gets introduced. …
Tort Talk
Another Court Rules That the Time Courts Were Closed Due to COVID-19 Pandemic Are Not To Be Deducted From the Delay Damages Computation
In the case of Yoder v. McCarthy Construction, Inc., May Term 2018, No. 0769 (C.P. Phila. Co. Feb. 10, 2022 Foglietta, J.), the trial court issued Rule 1925 Opinion requesting…
Tort Talk
Court Shutdowns Due to COVID-19 Pandemic Did Not Stop The Time For Delay Damages
In the case of Getting v. Mark Sales & Leasing, Inc., No. 348 MDA 2021 (Pa. Super. April 7, 2022 Olson, J., Kunselman, J., and Stevens, P.J.E.) (Op. by Kunselman,…
Property Insurance Coverage Law Blog
Is Eleven Months Too Long a Delay in Filing a Claim with an Insurer After a Loss?
With cold temperatures gripping my home State of New Jersey, my mind (and research) brings me to warmer locations. In a recent case,1 a federal court in Georgia held that…
Wisconsin Unemployment
Unemployment delays, part 8
The Department’s own claim-filing mistakes Note: Previous posts detailed the length of time and number of cases in the unemployment backlog in part 1, some of the mistakes by the…
Florida Construction Legal Updates
DOES A SUB NEED TO USE AN EXPERT OR PRESENT CPM ANALYSIS TO SUPPORT A DELAY CLAIM?
Does a subcontractor need to prove its delay claim (including its lost productivity claim) with expert testimony or a CPM analysis? A federal decision out of the District Court of…
Zalma on Insurance
Insurers do not have Carte Blanche To Take Forever Resolving Their Own Coverage Obligations
By Barry Zalma
Still Adjusting is Not Grounds to Dismiss Lawsuit Three insurers moved to dismiss the suit brought by their insureds because, they say, they are still “adjusting” the claim. In the…