The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By J. Grant Stringham | October 3, 2023
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court recently issued a significant decision enforcing the Pennsylvania Workers' Compensation Act's exclusivity provision.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Lawrence Spiller Kimmel | October 3, 2023
Unless the claimant's attorney can globally commute the case (both sides have to agree to commute a case) or can pursue permanent impairment benefits, then getting an attorney fee from a workers' compensation death case can be difficult to achieve.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Anthony Natale III | October 2, 2023
The workers' compensation practitioner has now become a forced bedfellow of CMS, like it or not. If you fail to "issue spot" in relevant settlements, you will have problems.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By William G. Passannante and Raymond A. Mascia Jr. | October 1, 2023
In the authors' experience, insurance companies interpret the bump-up exclusion far too broadly and beyond the insurance industry's purported intent behind the exclusion. D&O policyholders should be prepared to resist such coverage denials.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Courtney C.T. Horrigan, John Ellison and Russell M. Squire | October 1, 2023
Hawaii, recently devastated by the Lahaina Fire, looks to be the first state to have its Supreme Court weigh in on the applicability of pollution exclusions to climate change lawsuits. This article examines what is at stake for policyholders and the road to recovery in this rapidly evolving area of insurance coverage law.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Jillian Raines and Alex Harris | October 1, 2023
How should a federal court decide whether to enforce a choice-of-law provision? That's the question at the heart of 'Great Lakes Ins. v. Raiders Retreat Realty', a maritime coverage dispute that will be argued before the Supreme Court. However the court rules, the decision could have wide-ranging implications for insurance disputes—even those on land.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Daniel A. Rabinowitz and Matthew Doyle | October 1, 2023
Developments at the nation's premier forum of state insurance regulators are roiling capital markets, with potentially meaningful consequences for companies raising funds as well as the insurance industry as a whole.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By G. Andrew Lundberg | October 1, 2023
Legal finance has found some vocal detractors in its development. Big business generally, and the insurance industry particularly, may never fully embrace it—but their roles in the legal risk marketplace confirm that the line between good capital and bad capital isn't as clear and as fine as they seek to make it.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Jerry M. Lehocky | September 28, 2023
Here are 12 noteworthy statistics from the report and what they may tell us about Pennsylvania workers, their jobs and their employers
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Zachary M. Rubinich | September 27, 2023
Workplace violence is any act or threat of physical violence, harassment, intimidation, or other threatening disruptive behavior that occurs at the work site. It ranges from threats, intimidation and verbal abuse to physical assaults and even homicide.
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