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  • First State Orthopaedics v. Employers Ins. Co. of Wausau

    Publication Date: 2020-05-27
    Practice Area: Insurance Law
    Industry: Health Care | Insurance
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Karsnitz
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John S. Spandaro, John Sheehan Spadaro, LLC, Smyrna, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Kevin J. Connors, Marshall Dennehey Warner Coleman & Goggin, Wilmington, DE; D. Andrew Hatchett, Tiffany Powers and Robert Poole, Alston & Bird, Atlanta, GA for defendants.
    Case Number: D68994

    Defendants' voluntary cessation of a business practice did not cause the parties' controversy to become moot, because defendants left open the possibility of returning to that practice in the future.

  • Monzo v. Nationwide Prop. & Cas. Ins. Co.

    Publication Date: 2020-04-01
    Practice Area: Insurance Law
    Industry: Insurance
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Primos
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Dana Spring Monzo and Eric J. Monzo, pro se plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Louis J. Rizzo, Jr. and Paul D. Sunshine, Reger Rizzo & Darnall LLP for defendant.
    Case Number: D68927

    Homeowners not entitled to insurance coverage for property damage caused by a rainstorm where "scouring" and "debris from trees" found by the parties' engineers to have caused the damage fell within the homeowners' policy's exclusions for "earth movement" and "water-borne material."

  • Ferrellgas Partners L.P. v. Zurich Am. Ins. Co.

    Publication Date: 2020-02-05
    Practice Area: Insurance Law
    Industry: Energy | Insurance | Transportation
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Johnston
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brenton W. Vincent, Steven G. Trubac, and Bryan Cave Leighton, Paisner LLP, Chicago, IL; David J. Baldwin, Carla M. Jones, and Tracey E. Timlin, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Louis A. Bove, Bodell Bove, LLC, Philadelphia, PA; Bruce W. McCullough, Bodell Bove, LLC, Wilmington, DE for defendant Zurich American Insurance Co. Neel Lane, Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP, San Antonio, TX; Samantha Miller, Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP, Washington, DC; Thomas G. Macauley, Wilmington, DE for defendant Beazley Insurance Co.
    Case Number: D68864

    Run-off exclusion in insurance policy released insurer from duty to advance defense costs for litigation arising from wrongful acts and interrelated transactions that fell within the scope of the exclusion.

  • In re Verizon Ins. Coverage Appeals

    Publication Date: 2019-11-13
    Practice Area: Insurance Law
    Industry: Insurance | Technology Media and Telecom
    Court: Delaware Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Seitz
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robin L. Cohen, Keith McKenna and Michelle R. Migdon, McKool Smith P.C., Washington, DC for plaintiffs Verizon Commu-nications Inc, Verizon Fin. Serv. and GTE Corp.
    for defendant: Kurt M Heyman and Aaron M. Nelson, Heyman, Enerio, Gattuso & Hirzel LLP, Wilmington, DE; Scott B. Schreiber, James W. Thomas, Jr., William C. Perdue and Robert Reeves Anderson, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, Washington, DC and Den-ver, CO for defendants Illinois Nat’l Ins. Co. and Nat’l Union Fire Ins. Co. Bruce W. McCullough of Bodell Bové, LLC, Wilming-ton, DE; Ronald P. Schiller, Daniel J. Layden and Jason A. Levine, Hangley, Aronchick, Segal, Pudlin & Schiller, Philadelphia, PA for defendant Zurich American Ins. Co. John C. Phillips, Jr and David A. Bilson, Phillips, Goldman, McLaughlin & Hall, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Joseph A. Bailey III, Clyde & Co. US LLP, Washington, DC for defendant U.S. Specialty Ins. Co. Jennifer C. Wasson and Carla M. Jones of Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE
    Case Number: D68772

    An insured was not entitled to recover defense costs from the insurers, because the litigation in question did not include any "securities claims" as defined by the policies.

  • EMSI Acquisitions, Inc. v. RSUI Indem. Co.

    Publication Date: 2019-10-02
    Practice Area: Insurance Law
    Industry: Insurance | Investments and Investment Advisory
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
    Judge: Judge Fuentes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: D68720

    District court correctly granted insurance claimant judgment where policy was ambiguous as to class of persons excluded from making a claim, such that ambiguities in the policy were to be construed in favor of coverage.

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  • Green v. GEICO Gen. Ins. Co.

    Publication Date: 2019-09-11
    Practice Area: Insurance Law
    Industry: Insurance
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Davis
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard H. Cross, Jr. and Christopher P. Simon, Cross & Simon, LLC, Wilmington, DE for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Paul A. Bradley and Stephanie A. Fox, Maron Marvel Bradley Anderson & Tardy LLC, Wilmington, DE, George M. Church and Laura A. Cellucci, Miles & Stockbridge P.C., Baltimore, MD, Meloney Perry, Perry Law, P.C., Dallas, TX, Wilmington, DE for defendant.
    Case Number: D68696

    Class certification granted where plaintiffs' claims that insurer illegally used computer models to deny PIP claims constituted a common contention that could be resolved through class action.

  • Athene Life and Annuity Co. v. Am. Gen. Life Ins. Co.

    Publication Date: 2019-08-14
    Practice Area: Insurance Law
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    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Glasscock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Martin S. Lessner, Richard J. Thomas, and M. Paige Valeski, Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, LLP, Wilmington, DE; James P. Gillespie, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Washington, DC; Adam T. Humann, Kirkland & Ellis, New York, NY; Brian C. Ralston, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Kenneth J. Nachbar and Sabrina M. Hendershot, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE; Joel Friedlander and Christopher P. Quinn, Friedlander & Gorris, P.A, Wilmington, De; John L. Jacobus, J. Walker Johnson, Catherine D. Cockerham, and Michael E. Stoll, Steptoe & Johnson LLP, Washington, DC, for defendants.
    Case Number: D68662

    Court lacked subject matter jurisdiction where plaintiffs would obtain complete relief if they received money damages from defendants' alleged breach of the parties' agreement.

  • Solera Holdings, Inc. v. XL Specialty Ins. Co.

    Publication Date: 2019-08-14
    Practice Area: Insurance Law
    Industry: Automotive | Insurance | Software
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge LeGrow
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David J. Baldwin and Carla M. Jones, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; Peter M. Gillon, Alexander D. Har-diman and Tamara D. Bruno, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, Washington, DC for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Gregory F. Fischer and Angelo G. Savino, Cozen O’Connor, Wilmington, DE and Washington, DC for defendants ACE Ameri-can Ins. Co. and Fed. Ins. Co. Carmella P. Keener, Rosenthal, Monhait & Goddess, P.A., Wilmington, DE for defendants En-durance Am. Ins. Co. and Liberty Ins. Underwriters Inc. Ronald P. Schiller, Michael R. Carlson and Matthew N. Klebanoff, Hangley Aronchick Segal Pudlin & Schiller, Philadelphia, PA for Endurance Am. Ins. Co. Scott A. Schechter and Matthew E. Mawby, Kaufman Borgeest & Ryan LLP, Valhalla, NY for defendant Liberty Ins. Underwriters Inc. Bruce W. McCullough, Bodell Bové, LLC, Wilmington, DE for defendant Zurich Am. Ins. Co. Bruce E. Jameson and John G. Day, Prickett, Jones & Elliott, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Tammy Yuen and Kenneth M. McBrady, III, Skarzynski Black LLC , New York, NY for defendant XL Specialty Ins. Co. Kurt M. Heyman and Aaron M. Nelson, Heyman Enerio Gattuso & Hirzel LLP, Wilmington, DE; Scott B. Schreiber and James W. Thomas, Jr., Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, Washington, DC for defendant Illinois Nat’l Ins. Co. Stephen F. Dryden, Weber Gallagher Simpson Stapleton Fires & Newby, LLP, New Castle, DE for defendant Hudson Ins. Co. John C. Phillips, Jr. and David A. Bilson, Phillips, Goldman, McLaughlin & Hall, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Geoffrey W. Heineman and Jung H. Park, Ropers, Majeski Kohn & Bentley, New York, NY for defendant Argonaut Ins. Co.
    Case Number: D68667

    The court held that the claimed loss fell within the plain language of the insurance policies, and other factual issues precluded summary judgment.

  • Conduent State Healthcare, LLC v. AIG Specialty Ins. Co.

    Publication Date: 2019-07-17
    Practice Area: Insurance Law
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Johnston
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robin L. Cohen and Keith McKenna, McKool Smith, P.C., New York, NY; Jennifer C. Wasson and Carla M. Jones, Potter, Anderson & Corroon, LLP, Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: John L. Reed, Matthew Denn, and Harrison S. Carpenter, DLA Piper LLP, Wilmington, DE, Robert S. Harrell, Mayer Brown LLP, Houston, TX for defendants.
    Case Number: D68631

    Defendants obligated to provide defense costs following state attorney general's issuance of a civil investigative demand to defendants' insured because the demand involved an investigation into Medicaid fraud and constituted a "demand for non-monetary relief" under the terms of defendants' policies.

  • Sun Life Assurance Co. Canada v. U.S. Bank, N.A.

    Publication Date: 2019-05-29
    Practice Area: Consumer Protection | Insurance Law
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking | Insurance
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Stark
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas J. Francella, Gregory F. Fischer, Michael J. Miller, Charles J. Vinicombe, Barry Golob, Daniel P. Thiel, Lezlie Madden and Kristin Parker, Cozen O'Connor, Wilmington, DE and Philadelphia, PA for plaintiff.
    for defendant: David J. Baldwin, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; John E. Failla, Nathan Lander and Elise A. Yablonski, Proskauer Rose LLP, New York, NY for defendant.
    Case Number: D68578

    Genuine issues of material fact precluded summary judgment on defendant's counterclaims for deceptive trade practices and promissory estoppel in this insurance matter.