The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Anthony L. Miscioscia and Timothy A. Carroll | May 18, 2020
Commercial enterprises are not the only insurance policyholders facing obstacles to accessing coverage for COVID-19-related financial losses. Many individuals, too, face an uphill battle for coverage under their homeowners policies, as recent appeals court decisions demonstrate.
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By Max Mitchell | May 11, 2020
Moses Taylor Hospital in Scranton, Pennsylvania, contended that its bad-faith lawsuit would expose parts of the settlement agreement that were meant to be confidential.
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By P.J. D'Annunzio | May 8, 2020
An insurer sued in a coverage dispute over whether it should compensate a restaurant owner over loss of business due to COVID-19 closures has urged the Pennsylvania Supreme Court not to fast-track its review of the case.
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By Amanda Bronstad | April 27, 2020
Efforts to coordinate business-interruption lawsuits against insurance firms focus on 16 cases so far filed in federal courts against eight insurance firms, but Richard Golomb, of Golomb & Honik, predicts an "avalanche of cases."
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By Zack Needles | April 23, 2020
In a case that drew strong amici curiae interest from the insurance industry, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court has ruled that an insurance carrier must defend its insured in a lawsuit by a man who was accidentally shot while intervening in a murder-suicide.
By Leigh Jones | Vanessa Blum | April 17, 2020
Randy Mastro, co-chair of the firm's litigation practice group, describes the growing wave of lawsuits.
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By Zack Needles | April 10, 2020
Allstate Fire & Casualty Insurance will have to wait to appeal a federal judge's ruling interpreting the Pennsylvania Supreme Court's 2019 decision in 'Gallagher v. Geico' as invalidating the "household vehicle exclusion," commonly used in motor vehicle policies. U.S. District Judge Wendy Beetlestone of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania said the case must proceed to the class certification phase before an appeal can be taken.
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By Zack Needles | March 26, 2020
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court, citing its landmark decision in 'Gallagher v. Geico,' had previously vacated and remanded a Superior Court ruling affirming the denial of underinsured motorist coverage for a plaintiff who was injured when his motorcycle collided with a car. But now the justices have refused to hear a second appeal after the Superior Court found that 'Gallagher' had no bearing on the case.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Michael S. Olsan | March 23, 2020
In his 1977 Chairman's letter to stockholders, Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett advised that costs in the insurance sector were expected to rise. One reason he offered was "social inflation" which he described as "a broadening definition by society and juries of what is covered by insurance policies."
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By Zack Needles | March 19, 2020
"We find delay damages on a UIM claim submitted to a jury for a verdict are recoverable," Monroe County Court of Common Pleas Judge David Williamson wrote in a March 4 opinion. "To do otherwise, would give insurance companies no incentive to settle UIM claims other than for less than the policy limits, even where, as here, there was potential for a verdict well in excess of policy limits."
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