By Michael Booth | July 7, 2017
An Eastern District magistrate judge has ordered the distribution of $5 million in insurance coverage to the families of three people who died and to 42 others who were injured when their tour bus overturned in Delaware.
By thelegalintelligencer | The Legal Intelligencer | June 19, 2017
For Reed Smith, 2016 was a banner year for the Pennsylvania attorneys in the insurance recovery group. They achieved a wide range of exceptional results for their policyholder-clients, including obtaining what is believed to be the largest insurance bad-faith verdict in Pennsylvania history. Their successes spanned a wide range of industries and jurisdictions, occurring in trial and appellate courts as well as arbitration proceedings.
By thelegalintelligencer | The Legal Intelligencer | June 16, 2017
An insurer's interpretation of "actual cash value" that excluded general contractor's costs from replacement cost coverage was inconsistent with state law. The court granted plaintiff's motion for summary judgment.
By P.J. D'Annunzio | June 15, 2017
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit has upheld the denial of a new trial to Harrisburg lawyer Richard C. Angino and his wife stemming from their car crash lawsuit.
By Rebecca Cohen | June 14, 2017
John Finston, a former deputy commissioner and general counsel at the California Department of Insurance, has joined Drinker Biddle & Reath as a partner in San Francisco. Finston will work with several former colleagues at the firm.
By thelegalintelligencer | The Legal Intelligencer | June 9, 2017
The court declined to exercise jurisdiction over plaintiff's declaratory judgment action involving a duty to defend and indemnify where a Pennsylvania court was better equipped to do so while minimizing the potential for disruption to the pending state court proceedings. The court denied plaintiff's motion for reconsideration.
By thelegalintelligencer | The Legal Intelligencer | June 2, 2017
District court erred in holding that 40 Pa. Stat. §638 was ambiguous and granting insurance proceeds to manager and insurer of beach club that burnt because the subsection of §638 relevant to the case referred only to the "named insured" and appellant had no legally cognizable property interest in the entirety of the insurance proceeds where §638 made the receipt of those proceeds conditional on satisfying the delinquent taxes. Reversed.
By P.J. D'Annunzio | May 26, 2017
A Monroe County judge has ruled that a driver with an insurance policy covering four cars is entitled to $400,000 in stacked uninsured/underinsured motorist benefits because he did not sign new waivers when he added his most recent vehicles to the policy.
By Max Mitchell | May 26, 2017
Two weeks after the Pennsylvania Supreme Court heard arguments about what it takes to preserve a demand for arbitration in an uninsured motorist case, the court took the unusual step of issuing an order that tweaked the question the court is preparing consider.
By Max Mitchell | May 11, 2017
A proposed federal class action lawsuit against Allstate over its policy mandating that claimants undergo medical exams by a doctor of the carrier's choosing before they can receive benefits has gotten the green light in a ruling that predicts how the Pennsylvania Supreme Court may handle the situation, which has started percolating through state courts.
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