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NGE OnDemand: The Importance of Timely Reporting Occurrences, Claims and Suits to Insurers with Paul Walker-Bright
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Electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft (eVTOLs) and Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs or, colloquially, drones) are increasingly being integrated into supply chains. ...more
In Liberty Surplus Insurance Corp. v. Kaufman Lynn Construction Inc., the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals held that a “course of construction exclusion” in a commercial general liability precluded coverage for water damage...more
In Home Depot Inc. v. Steadfast Insurance Co., Home Depot learned the hard way a rule every DIY enthusiast knows: measure twice, cut once. It appears Home Depot’s measurements were off when it sized up its insurance needs,...more
The foundation of a policyholder’s agreement to pay premiums for a standard commercial general liability policy (CGL) is the insurer’s agreement to defend the policyholder against lawsuits and shoulder the costs of the...more
In Short - The Background: Indemnity clauses are often included in contracts and can be extremely valuable, but they also raise many potential challenges to enforcing them, including state statutes, common law...more
By Jonathan H. Freiberger This Blog has recently written on the issue of contractual limitations of liability. [Here] Proving that timing is everything, Jonathan H. Freiberger, one of Freiberger Haber LLP’s founding members,...more
On construction projects, it is common for the owners, general contractors, and subcontractors to execute various contracts requiring the parties to procure insurance and have other parties designated as additional insureds...more
Over the last several years several companies, including Marriott, Yahoo and Volkswagen, have been victimized by hackers breaking into a company’s computer network. In some cases, they have put confidential information on the...more
It is an all-too-common scenario for insurance practitioners. Company A hires an independent contractor to perform work on its premises. Their agreement specifies that Contractor will procure liability insurance—often...more
Voyager Indemnity Insurance Company (“Voyager) issued a commercial liability insurance policy to MRB Construction, Inc. (“MRB Construction”), a framing subcontractor. As is common with such policies, MRB Construction’s policy...more
The indemnification clause is one of the most important provisions in a construction contract. It transfers risk from one party, the “indemnitee,” to another party, the “indemnitor.” The risk is transferred by way of the...more
As you will know, an unprecedented sanctions regime has been imposed by the UK, EU and US in response to Russia’s actions concerning Ukraine. But what issues could arise for your contracts with Russian or Ukrainian parties or...more
The Fifth Circuit’s opinion in Cimarex Energy Company, et al. v. CP Well Testing, L.L.C. will require oil and gas companies throughout the oil patch to review their form contracts, preexisting agreements and liability...more
A recent decision by a panel of the U.S. District Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit serves as a reminder that sometimes insurers and policyholders must look outside the insurance policies to determine the priority of...more
The Eleventh Circuit, in the matter of QBE Specialty Insurance Co. v. Scrap Inc., affirmed the district court’s decision to grant summary judgment in favor of QBE holding that there was no indemnity coverage for an underlying...more
Pennsylvania recently joined the movement to introduce legislation that would override insurance policy language and require carriers that have issued commercial liability policies — specifically policies covering business...more
Once a remote health issue in China, the rapidly spreading coronavirus (COVID-19) has become not only a global health concern but also potentially a global economic disruptor that could impact nearly every industry. The...more
With the spread of Coronavirus (COVID-19) in the United States, many of our clients are facing the mass cancellation of events and damaging service interruptions. This disruption can cripple one’s business, so clients are...more
COVID-19 is causing a rapidly evolving public health crisis, and businesses face uncertainty about their commercial relationships. That uncertainty is raising questions about performance under contractual agreements that were...more
The outbreak of coronavirus (also known as COVID-19) is reportedly impacting global manufacturing, transportation and cross-border supply chains underpinning many aspects of international trade and commerce. Some companies...more
This article addresses potential issues and concerns, which may arise between General Contractors (“General”), Subcontractors (the “Sub”) and their insurers when claims by outside parties (also known as third-parties) may...more
I continuously confront vendors who say I am “the only” lawyer who objects to limitation of liability provisions that attempt to limit the liability of a security incident to the amount of the contract....more
In Netherlands Ins. Co. v. Cellar Advisors, LLC, 2019 U.S. Dist. Lexis 10655 (E.D. Mo.), the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri considered the scope of a waiver of subrogation clause in two wine...more
The 2018 Farm Bill, once signed into law, is expected to have a liberating effect on hemp and hemp-related businesses. Some of the impacts of this legislation are clear, such as opening the industry to new entrants and making...more
Ohio N. Univ. v. Charles Constr. Servs., 2018 Ohio LEXIS 2375 (Oct. 9, 2018) - This case arose out of the construction of an inn and conference center at Ohio Northern University (“ONU”). After completion of the project,...more