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The Colorado Court of Appeals (Division VI), applying Colorado law, partially affirmed a trial court decision dismissing an action seeking insurance coverage for COVID‑19 related losses. Spectrum Retirement Communities, LLC...more
We’ve selected five recent insurance decisions for this month’s update. Foreign insurers will be pleased with the Second Circuit’s revamped view of the New York Convention. In finding that the international treaty is...more
In El Dueno, LLC v. Mid-Century Insurance Company (2025 WL 1540329) (10th Cir. 2025)), the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed summary judgement on behalf of the insurer on the basis that the insurer did not act in bad...more
In a pro-policyholder ruling, the North Carolina Supreme Court recently held that a homeowner’s claims against an insurance agent for negligence and gross negligence, seeking punitive damages, survived a motion to dismiss...more
In a recent decision, the Wisconsin Court of Appeals affirmed the application of an “Ordinance or Law Exclusion” in a business owner’s insurance policy issued by Germantown Mutual Insurance Company.[1] The case, involving...more
In their recent Law360 guest article titled "Reconciling 2 Smoke Coverage Cases From California," the authors described a California appellate court's Feb. 7 opinion in Gharibian v. Wawanesa General Insurance Co. as an...more
The 2023 amendments to Florida Statute § 624.155, enacted through HB 837, significantly reshaped the landscape of bad faith litigation in Florida. Among the most consequential changes were the additions of two key...more
As temperatures in the Northeast have made it feel more like winter than spring, it’s only fitting that we begin our April Insurance Update with a case from Alaska. There, the Alaska Supreme Court decides for the first time...more
Thomas A. Bouchard, Jr. v. Citizens Prop. Ins. Corp., Fla. 3d DCA, No. 3D12-2202, February 19, 2025 - Thomas Bouchard, the appellant, appealed a final summary judgment order entered in favor of Citizens Property Insurance...more
U.S. Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals - Gray TV v. FCC - license, forfeiture, owning top stations in market - Liberty Surplus v. Kaufman - insurance, Fla law, course of construction exclusion, settlement proposal - ...more
Every year, Quarles & Brady LLP's Insurance Recovery Team compiles a list of important decisions by Wisconsin state and federal courts addressing insurance issues. Our goal is to keep you informed of developments and help you...more
The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit upheld a summary judgment granted to the insurer over a policyholder’s argument that payment of an appraisal award and interest may extinguish an insurer’s liability...more
State Farm Florida Ins. Co. v. Feltes, Fla. 6th DCA, No. 6D2023-0991, November 27, 2024 - This case arose out of the policyholder’s ongoing plumbing issues in her home. The insured property was built in the early 1960s, and...more
In People’s Trust Insurance Company vs. Sheila Banks, et.al., No. 3D22-1436 (August 16, 2023), the Third District Court of Appeal (“Third DCA”) issued two significant findings: (1) wear and tear as well as deterioration are...more
As we have previously written, whether economic losses caused by COVID shutdowns can be recovered under commercial property insurance policies is a hotly-contested issue. (Past articles include, ‘Will Your Business...more
On April 18, 2022, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals reviewed an insured’s claim against its own property insurer for violation of the North Carolina’s Unfair and Deceptive Trade Practices Act (“UDTPA”) in a rare published...more
Register Today For Cranfill Sumner’s 2021 Virtual Continuing Education Seminar: Workers’ Compensation & Civil Litigation Law Updates...more
Just a few short years ago, there was a bright line rule under Texas law concerning appraisal awards. If an insurer timely paid an appraisal award, that payment extinguished all of the insurer’s contractual and...more
On Oct. 6, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit is set to hear oral arguments in Pearson v. Allstate Fire and Casualty Insurance Company. The case centers on statutory construction of Chapters 542 and 542A of the...more
In Knickerbocker Village Inc. v. Lexington Insurance Co., New York’s Appellate Division, First Judicial Department, dictated a clear rule for single-insured cases regarding the discovery of an insurer’s treatment of insurance...more
Most property insurance policies condition the payment of replacement cost value (RCV) on the property first being replaced or repaired, and courts typically enforce that requirement. ...more
n Zurich Am. Ins. Co. v. Puccini, LLC, 2019 Fla. App. LEXIS 1487, 44 Fla. L. Weekly D 383, Florida’s Third District Court of Appeals considered whether a landlord’s carrier, Zurich American Insurance Company (Zurich), was...more
In Youell v. Cincinnati Ins. Co., 2018 Ind. App. LEXIS 497 (2018), the Court of Appeals of Indiana considered whether a landlord’s carrier could bring a subrogation claim against a commercial tenant for fire-related damages...more
The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals issued a colorful opinion in a property insurance coverage dispute affirming a denial of coverage for loss arising out of an illicit marijuana growing operation in Michigan. The case is...more
Because there can be more than one individual or entity that holds an interest in property, a property insurance policy is generally drafted in such a way to identify and protect all the individuals or entities who have an...more