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Property Damage
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Property Insurance Coverage Law Blog
Puerto Rico Court Grants Partial Summary Judgment and Orders Insurer to Pay Prior Adjusted Property Damages Caused By Hurricane Maria
With many Hurricane Maria claims still in litigation, courts are beginning to apply the Puerto Rico Supreme Court’s recent jurisprudence and making insurers pay prior adjusted property damage when not…
Property Insurance Coverage Law Blog
Royal Pain for Royal Dane Mall
Recently, Owners of the Royal Dane Mall in the U.S. Virgin Islands brought suit against their insurer, Lloyds of London, stemming from an Independence Day fire two years ago that…
Zalma on Insurance
Intentionally Harvesting Timber Without Right Not a Peril Insured Against
By Barry Zalma
Relying on Instruction to Cut Timber from Putative Owner is Expensive Bee Forest Products, Inc., sued its insurer, Western National Mutual Insurance Company, seeking coverage on a claim arising out…
Zalma on Insurance
There are Many “Victims” of the “Mostly Peaceful Demonstrations”
By Barry Zalma
The Victims of Fires Caused by “Mostly Peaceful Demonstrations” As I was watching morning news I heard some pundits, who obviously had no idea about insurance, claim that those people…
Simple Justice
Property Paradox And Preventing Broken Windows
One of the most curious rhetorical tricks these days is that when the woke refer to violence, it’s limited to acts done to the person, not a thing. Words can…
The Right Coast
Couple accidentally paints over $500,000 work of art
After reviewing the clip, authorities apprehended the Van-dal Goghs at the mall. However, they subsequently turned them loose when the gallery decided not to press charges, as the graffiti job…
Agricultural Law and Taxation Blog
Damaged and/or Destroyed Trees and Crops – How is the Loss Measured?
OverviewSometimes a farmer, rancher or other rural landowner experiences damages to trees as a result of someone else’s conduct. Maybe the damage occurs from aerial spry drift or excess (and…
A Lawyer's Blog
CAR DAMAGED OR LOST AFTER GARAGE PARKING?
A pet peeve of many (and not just in NYC) when your car is returned scratched or dented and a major headache if it was not returned but stolen. Of…
It Pays to Be Covered™
Insurers Assert Single Occurrence Defense to Duck Coverage for Nordstrom
Nordstrom, like other retailers, sustained property damage and business interruption expenses as a result of protests arising out of the Black Lives Matter movement. Although the retailer supports BLM, its insurers…
California Real Estate Lawyers Blog
Damages to Trees – When Treble Damages Requires Trespass
By Law Office Of James J. Falcone
California law provides enhanced damages when someone harms a tree on another person’s property. The tree is owned by the owner of the real estate. There is a provision for…