In Bob Robison Commercial Flooring Inc. v. RLI Insurance Company (2025 WL 852889 (8th Cir. 2025), the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit determined that an ensuing loss provision of a builder’s risk...more
In a timely reaffirmation of the Fifth Circuit’s 2007 ruling in Leonard v. Nationwide Mut. Ins. Co., a Louisiana federal court recently upheld the application of an insurance policy’s Anti-Concurrent Causation Clause (“ACC”)...more
9/7/2021
/ Anti-Concurrent Causation Clauses ,
Bad Faith ,
Breach of Contract ,
Denial of Insurance Coverage ,
Hurricane Laura ,
Insurance Claims ,
Insurance Litigation ,
Natural Disasters ,
Policy Terms ,
Property Insurance ,
Real Estate Market ,
Severe Weather
A recent decision from one of New York’s trial courts of general jurisdiction could have a chilling effect on written communications between an insurer and its retained counsel during a claim investigation. In Otsuka...more
10/29/2019
/ Breach of Contract ,
Confidential Communications ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Declaratory Judgments ,
Denial of Insurance Coverage ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Discovery ,
Discovery Disputes ,
Insurance Claims ,
Insurance Litigation ,
Investigations ,
Jurisdiction