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  • Ace Am. Ins. Co. v. Guaranteed Rate, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2023-09-25
    Practice Area: Insurance Litigation
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking | Insurance
    Court: Delaware Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Seitz
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas E. Hanson, Jr., William J. Burton, Barnes & Thornburg LLP, Wilmington, DE; Lilit Asadourian, Alice Kyureghian, Barnes & Thornburg LLP, Los Angeles, CA; Aaron D. Lindstrom, Barnes & Thornburg LLP, Grand Rapids, MI, for plaintiff below, appellee and cross-appellant.
    for defendant: John L. Reed, DLA Piper LLP (US), Wilmington, DE; David Newmann, Courtney Devon Taylor, Victoria A. Joseph, Brittany Armour, Hogan Lovells US LLP, Philadelphia, PA; Robert J. Katzenstein, Smith Katzenstein & Jenkins LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendant below, appellant and cross-appellee.
    Case Number: 360, 2022

    Ruling that appellee's alleged violation of the False Claims Act arose out of false certifications that the loans it endorsed were eligible for government insurance, not the professional services it provided to borrowers through mortgage banking, mortgage underwriting, and loan servicing; the court concluded that the FCA charges and eventual settlement did not fall within the professional services exclusion in appellant's management liability policy.

  • Zurn Indus., LLC v. Allstate Ins. Co.

    Publication Date: 2023-08-21
    Practice Area: Insurance Litigation
    Industry: Insurance | Manufacturing
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
    Judge: Judge Fisher
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Patrick J. Murphy, Quarles & Brady LLP, Milwaukee, WI; Robert L. Byer, Thomas E. Sanchez, Duane Morris, Pittsburgh, PA; Gavin Fung, Liberty Mutual Insurance Company, Boston, MA; Ralph J. Luongo, Kennedys CMK, Philadelphia, PA for appellants.
    for defendant: Robert R. Anderson, III, Christopher A. Johnson, Margaret Truesdale, Hughes Socol Piers Resnick & Dyn, Chicago, IL; Timothy R. Smith, Pion, Nerone, Girman, Winslow & Smith; Ralph J. Luongo, Kennedys CMK, Philadelphia, PA; Myles D. Morrison, James P. Ruggeri, Ruggeri Parks & Weinberg, Washington, DC; Michael A. Shiner, Tucker Arensberg, Pittsburgh, PA for appellees.
    Case Number: 21-3032

    Noting that the exception to the final judgment rule for appellate court jurisdiction required injunctive relief and that none of the District Court's partial summary judgment orders rose to the functional equivalent of an injunction, the court ruled that it did not have jurisdiction to review the orders.

  • Stillwater Mining Co. v. Nat'l Union Fire Ins. Co. of Pittsburgh, PA

    Publication Date: 2023-01-31
    Practice Area: Insurance Litigation
    Industry: Insurance | Mining and Resources
    Court: Delaware Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Seitz
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David J. Baldwin, Peter C. McGivney, Berger Harris LLP, Wilmington, DE; Martha Sheehy, Sheey Law Firm, Billings, MT; Kyle A. Gray, Holland & Hart LLP, Billings, MT for appellant.
    for defendant: Kurt M. Heyman, Aaron M. Nelson, Heyman Enerio Gattuso & Hirzel, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Scott B. Schreiber, William C. Perdue, Andrew T. Tutt, Samuel I. Ferenc, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, Washington, D.C.; John C. Phillips Jr., David A. Bilson, Phillips, Mclaughlin & Hall, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Geoffrey W. Heineman, Jung H. Park, John J. Iacobucci Jr., Ropers Majeski, PC, New York, NY; John L. Reed, DLA Piper LLP, Wilmington, DE; Gregory F. Fischer, Cozen O’Connor, Wilmington, DE; Angelo G. Savino, Cozen O’Connor, New York, NY for appellees.
    Case Number: 24, 2022

    Superior court did not err in applying law of state of incorporation to resolution of directors' and officers' insurance coverage dispute where the policy applied to D&O liability across multiple jurisdictions, as state of incorporation had the strongest connection to the dispute.

  • Vito v. Waterside Prop. Owners Ass'n, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2022-10-04
    Practice Area: Insurance Litigation
    Industry: Insurance | Real Estate
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Karsnitz
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard E. Berl, Hudson, Jones, Jaywork & Fisher, LLC, Lewes, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Robert J. Valihura, Jr., Morton, Valihura & Zerbato, LLC, Greenville, DE; Bruce W. McCullough, Boddel Bove, LLC, Wilmington, DE; Eileen M. Ford, Ryan D. Kingshill, Marks, O’Neill, O’Brien, Doherty & Kelly, P.C., Wilmington, DE, for defendants.
    Case Number: S21C-08-006 CAK

    Court granted in part and denied in part motions to dismiss claims in a multiple party action arising out of insurance policy disputes due to an insured's property damage.

  • G-New, Inc. v. Endurance Am. Ins. Co.

    Publication Date: 2022-09-27
    Practice Area: Insurance Litigation
    Industry: Food and Beverage | Insurance | Manufacturing
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Johnston
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jennifer C. Wasson, Carla M. Jones, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; Vivek Chopra, Jonathan G. Hardin, Perkins Coie LLP, Washington, DC for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Marc S. Casarino, Kennedys CMK LLP, Wilmington, DE; Michael L. Zigelman, Kristina I. Duffy, Kaufman Dolowich & Voluck, LLP, New York, NY; Kurt M. Heyman, Aaron M. Nelson, Heyman Enerio Gattuso & Hirzel LLP, Wilmington, DE; Scott B. Schreiber, Arthur Luk, Matthew Bemis, Elliot Rosenwald, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, Washington, DC for defendants.
    Case Number: N21C-10-100 MMJ CCLD

    The court granted a motion to dismiss in part and denied a motion to dismiss in part.

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  • Paycom Software, Inc. v. Travelers Cas. & Surety Co. of Am.

    Publication Date: 2022-04-26
    Practice Area: Insurance Litigation
    Industry: Insurance | Software
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Connolly
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jennifer Catherine Wasson, Carla Michelle Jones, Potter Anderson & Corroon, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Stephen T. Raptis, Reed Smith, Washington, DC for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Robert J. Katzenstein, Julie M. O'Dell, Smith, Katzenstein, & Jenkins LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendant.
    Case Number: D69794

    Court transferred venue in D&O policy dispute to the state where the insured was headquartered as that was where the insured corporation incurred the subject legal costs.

  • N. Am. Leasing, Inc. v. NASDI Holdings, LLC

    Publication Date: 2022-04-26
    Practice Area: Insurance Litigation
    Industry: Construction | Insurance
    Court: Delaware Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Vaughn
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joseph B. Cicero, Paul D. Brown, Chipman Brown Cicero & Cole, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Mark L. McAlpine, Douglas W. Eyre, McAlpine PC, Auburn Hills, MI for appellants.
    for defendant: Brian C. Ralston, Mathew A. Golden, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; Michael Dockterman, Steptoe & Johnson, LLP, Chicago, IL for appellees.
    Case Number: D69792

    The court held that notice of indemnification claims was not time-barred, that defendants waived their affirmative defense of set-off/recoupment by not raising it in response to plaintiffs' motion for summary judgment, and there was no error in barring proof of set-off because the affirmative defense had been waived previously.

  • MPM Holdings Inc. v. Federal Ins. Co.

    Publication Date: 2022-03-29
    Practice Area: Insurance Litigation
    Industry: Insurance | Investments and Investment Advisory
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Johnston
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David J. Baldwin, Peter C. McGivney, Berger Harris LLP, Wilmington, DE; Bernard P. Bell, Tab R. Turano, Miller Friel PLLC, Washington, DC for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Gregory F. Fischer, Cozen O'Connor, Wilmington, DE; Angelo G. Savino, Rafael Rivera, Jr., Cozen O'Connor, New York, NY for defendants.
    Case Number: D69762

    The court held that the subject appraisal action was not a claim for a wrongful act such that the insurer was not obligated to provide coverage or reimburse defense costs.

  • First Solar, Inc. v. Nat'l Union First Ins. Co. of Pittsburgh, PA

    Publication Date: 2022-03-29
    Practice Area: Insurance Litigation
    Industry: Insurance | Manufacturing
    Court: Delaware Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Seitz
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jennifer C. Wasson, Carla M. Jones, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; Adam S. Ziffer, Meredith Elkins, Cohen Ziffer Frenchman & Mckenna LLP, New York, NY for appellant.
    for defendant: Kurt M. Heyman, Aaron M. Nelson, Heyman Enerio Gattuso & Hirzel LLP, Wilmington, DE; Scott B. Schreiber, Arthur Luk, Omomah Abebe, Kolya D. Glick, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, Washington, D.C.; John C. Phillips, Jr., David A. Bilson, Phillips Mclaughlin & Hall, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Charles C. Lemley, Kim Melvin, Anna Schaffner, Wiley Rein LLP, Washington, D.C. for appellees.
    Case Number: D69760

    The court agreed with the lower court that plaintiff's claim was excluded from coverage but held that whether a claim related back to an earlier claim was decided by the language of the policy, not the generic fundamentally identical standard used by the lower court.

  • Commerce Assoc., LP v. Hanover Ins. Co.

    Publication Date: 2022-03-08
    Practice Area: Insurance Litigation
    Industry: Insurance | Real Estate
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Davis
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Paul D. Sunshine, Reger Rizzo & Darnell, LLP, Wilmington, DE; James L.Griffith, Jr., Reger Rizzo & Darnell, LLP, Philadelphia, PA for plaintiff.
    for defendant: William A. Crawford, Franklin & Prokopik, Newark, DE for defendant.
    Case Number: D69735

    The court held that plaintiff LP was an insured under the policy entered into by the condominium council because a director of the LP was a member of the council.