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Liability
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Technology Law Source
Insurance Expert Addresses Nanotechnology
The insurance industry makes a great effort to research and identify potential liability trends. In a recent Orlando Sentinel article, a commercial insurance expert expressed concern that the explosive growth…
Marler Blog
Pleasure & Peril
By Bill Marler
When I first saw the headline "Pleasure & Peril," I thought it was about my last week of travel - Seattle to San Fransisco to Chicago to St. Paul to…
Pension Risk Matters
General Counsel in the Hot Seat – Who’s Next?
I can't tell you how many conversations I've had on the topic of governance and what motivates behavior, good or bad. Is it the proverbial carrot or stick? What is…
E. coli Blog
Recent E. coli outbreak in the U.S. raises liability questions: Who is responsible for harm connected to production, distribution, consumption of food?
Widespread warnings against eating fresh spinach from the United States because of an E. coli outbreak in at least 19 states have given a whole new meaning to the health…
TortsProf Blog
California Expands HIV Infection Liability
The California Supreme Court ruled yesterday that someone with HIV can sue the sexual partner who infected them based on constructive knowledge. My sense (without doing a fifty-state survey) is…
ContractsProf Blog
PING: american graffito calendarioURL: http://webcalendario.com/cal/american-graffito-calendario.htmlIP: 75.108.88.109BLOG NAME: american graffito calendarioDATE: 02/22/2007 12:50:27 PMDoes Liability Insurance Cover Policyholder’s Shoddy Work?
Is an insurer bound to defend its insured under a general commercial liability policy if the real claim is that the insured performed did its work in a “shoddy” manner? …
British Columbia Insurance Blog
Swagger Construction Ltd. v. ING Insurance Co. of Canada [2005] B.C.J. No. 1964 British Columbia Supreme Court
The Chambers Judge found that the liability insurers of a general contractor were not required to provide a defence against claims for the cost of repairing work damaged by the…
Cam Law
Insurance and Dually Trained Yoga Teachers
The issue of liability insurance hovers over all yoga teachers. Here are some of the complexities that can arise around insurance coverage for yoga teachers who are also trained in…
British Columbia Insurance Blog
Vytlingam (Litigation guardian) v. Farmer [2005] O.J. No. 2266 Ontario Court of Appeal
The Ontario Court of Appeal held that the inclusion of the word "indirectly" in the phrase "directly or indirectly from the use or operation of an automobile" in the endorsement…
British Columbia Insurance Blog
British Columbia v. Surrey School District No. 36 [2005] B.C.J. No. 364 British Columbia Court of Appeal
The Court of Appeal held that an arbitrator was correct in ruling that an insurer under a liability policy issued to the Board of School Trustees must indemnify the Board…