Good news for policyholders arrived last month when a Federal Court in Missouri ruled that a lawsuit brought by business owners (a hair salon and restaurants) against their insurance carrier properly alleged claims for...more
Massachusetts and New York are among a growing number of states that have proposed legislation to ensure business interruption insurance coverage for losses related directly or indirectly to the coronavirus pandemic.
The...more
Responding to what have been called “strategic lawsuits against public participation” (“SLAPP”), twenty-nine states, including Connecticut, have enacted some form of anti-SLAPP legislation in recent years. These anti-SLAPP...more
In a significant Connecticut Supreme Court win for policyholders officially released this week, Murtha Cullina helped Vanderbilt Minerals, LLC prevail once again in its coverage case against more than 20 of its insurance...more
10/10/2019
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For more than two decades, the problem of allocating the costs of long tail claims – such as environmental and asbestos claims – among multiple insurance carriers has generally been resolved in one of two ways. Courts in...more