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Louisiana Appellate Court Enforces Bodily Injury Exclusion in an Errors and Omissions Policy

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The Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit, has held that a bodily injury exclusion in a carrier’s errors and omissions policies barred coverage for a third-party claim by another carrier and a third-party demand by an...more

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Plaintiffs Win Appeal Regarding Ambiguous Language In Insurance Policy On Bodily Injury

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Jurisdiction: Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit - Mr. May died from Mesothelioma and the plaintiffs filed a wrongful death and survival action alleging the decedent was exposed to asbestos while working as a...more

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The No Corners Rule? New York Federal Court Holds No Duty to Defend Where There Is No Possible Legal or Factual Basis for...

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Under New York law, an insurer’s duty to defend ends if it establishes as a matter of law that there is no possible factual or legal basis on which it might eventually be obligated to indemnify its insured. This rule was...more

Robinson+Cole ERISA Claim Defense Blog

Ninth Circuit "Interprets" Accident Plan; "Direct and Sole Cause" Doesn't Mean What It Says

In Dowdy v. Metro. Life Ins. Co., 16-15824, 2018 U.S. App. Lexis 12648 (9th Cir. May 16, 2018), the Ninth Circuit ruled that an accident plan that covers “accidental injury that is the Direct and Sole Cause of a Covered Loss”...more

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