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February 14, 2019 |
An appellate court in Florida cited eight provisions in a commercial lease to conclude that the landlord’s insurer could bring a subrogation action against a tenant whose alleged negligence had caused fire damage to the rented building – notwithstanding that, under the lease, the tenant paid the majority of the premiums for the landlord’s fire insurance.
By ICLC Staff Writer
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February 14, 2019 |
A federal district court in Connecticut has rejected a homeowner’s lawsuit against her insurer for damage to her home allegedly caused by a snow or ice storm, finding that she had not provided prompt notice of her loss to her insurer and that she also had initiated her lawsuit too late.
By ICLC Staff Writer
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February 14, 2019 |
An appellate court in Texas has affirmed a woman’s conviction for theft of property from an elderly person in a case that highlights the dangers of elder fraud.
By ICLC Staff Writer
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February 14, 2019 |
A Virginia court has affirmed a decision by the Virginia Workers’ Compensation Commission denying a claim for benefits by an employee who was injured after violating one of his employer’s safety rules – a violation that was captured on video.
By ICLC Staff Writer
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February 14, 2019 |
A Virginia court has upheld a decision by the Virginia Workers’ Compensation Commission calculating the “average weekly wage” of a professional football player who suffered a work-related injury in the contractual circumstances common to players in the National Football League (“NFL”).
By ICLC Staff Writer
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February 13, 2019 |
A federal district court has ruled that a woman’s designation as beneficiary of her former husband’s life insurance policy was revoked by operation of New Jersey law as a result of the couple’s divorce.
By ICLC Staff Writer
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February 13, 2019 |
A federal district court in California has ruled that a wrap-up exclusion in a commercial general liability insurance policy issued to a subcontractor did not preclude coverage of claims against the subcontractor where there was no possibility of duplicative coverage.
By ICLC Staff Writer
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February 13, 2019 |
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, affirming a decision by the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia, has ruled that a pollution exclusion in a commercial general liability insurance policy precluded coverage of a claim by an employee who developed an occupational disease known as welder’s lung.
By ICLC Staff Writer
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February 13, 2019 |
An Arizona court has upheld a decision awarding death benefits to the widow of a worker whom the employer contended could not have been his employee because the worker was an “illegal alien.”
By ICLC Staff Writer
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February 13, 2019 |
A federal district court in Colorado has ruled that an insurance company that insured a houseboat did not have to cover the claim of a woman who said she had been severely injured by a powerboat while she was floating on a kayak tethered to the houseboat.
By ICLC Staff Writer
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