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Zelle LLP

Court Grants Insurer’s Motion for Summary Judgment on Nearly All of Insureds’ Causes of Action

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Schnatzmeyer v. State Farm Ins. Co., No. 3:23-CV-02820-K, 2025 WL 1697505, at *1 (N.D. Tex. June 17, 2025). In a case involving two overlapping freeze claims—and a substantial array of legal issues affecting insurers in...more

Cozen O'Connor

The Latest On Louisiana’s Bad Faith and Claims-Handling Statutes

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On July 1, 2024, the widespread changes to Louisiana insurance law took effect after Governor Jeff Landry signed Senate Bill No. 323 into law as “Act No. 3” (hereafter, the “Act”). With the first anniversary of the Act...more

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Reviewing 2024 Pennsylvania Legal Malpractice Decisions

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As the calendar turns to 2025, a look back at the Pennsylvania appellate dockets shows a number of impactful legal malpractice decisions, including one that was recently reargued en banc with significant ramifications for law...more

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Contract Exclusion Not Applicable Based on Asset Management Services Carveout

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The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, applying Pennsylvania law, has held that a contract exclusion did not bar defense cost coverage for a lawsuit against a private equity firm alleging,...more

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Oh, THAT Contract: Ohio Court Bars Plaintiff’s Negligence Claim Based on Subrogation Waiver and Accelerated Limitations Period in...

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In Ohio Sec. Ins. Co v. Brakefire, Inc., CA. No. 5:24-cv-267, 2024 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 97606 (Brakefire), the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio considered whether a subrogating plaintiff’s negligence...more

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Real Property & Title Insurance Update: Week Ending February 1, 2019

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Real Property Update - Foreclosure / Surplus Funds: sections 45.032 and 45.033, Florida Statutes, create a rebuttable presumption that the owner of record of real property on the date of the filing of a lis pendens is...more

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Too Little, Too Late: The Harsh Bright Line of Suit Limitation Provisions

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Approximately twenty percent of Americans have been classified as chronic procrastinators, which means one in five policyholders faces a potential problem when suing for coverage. While the statute of limitations for breach...more

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