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Employer Liability Issues Duty to Defend

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

NC Court of Appeals Clarifies How Insurers’ Duties to Defend and Indemnity Are Triggered in Atypical Employment Relationships

The Court of Appeals’ opinion in N.C. Farm Bureau Mut. Ins. Co. v. Young, (No. COA24-594) addresses how a court is likely to assess the duty to defend and the duty to indemnify under an insurance contract, and the interplay...more

Marshall Dennehey

A Carrier May Have No Duty to Defend an Intentional Injury Claim Against an Employer Arising from a New Jersey Workers’...

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Key Points: A workers’ compensation insurance carrier normally does not have a duty to pay benefits for an intentional injury claim....more

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“With a Gap in the Pleadings and Extrinsic Evidence Unavailable,” the Insurer has a Duty to Defend

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On December 11, 2024, the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas refused to allow extrinsic evidence under the Monroe conditions where plaintiff’s employment status and the merits of the case...more

Houston Harbaugh, P.C.

Pennsylvania Superior Court Holds That Employer’s Liability Exclusions May Not Bar Coverage For Asbestos Claims Of An Employee’s...

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Employer’s Liability Exclusions typically apply to claims for bodily injury to employees arising out of and in the course of their employment by the insured. But, to what extent might such exclusions apply to claims for...more

Wiley Rein LLP

Breach of Contract Exclusion Bars Coverage for Judgment Rendered in Employment Dispute

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The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana, applying Louisiana law, has held that an insurer does not need to cover a monetary judgment rendered in favor of two former employees of the insured...more

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Society Insurance Stuck Defending Insured In Biometric Privacy Class Action

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Notwithstanding the deluge of data breach and internet eavesdropping privacy cases, companies also continue to face an onslaught of biometric privacy actions under statutes like the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act...more

Rivkin Radler LLP

New York Insurance Coverage Law Update - October 31 2022

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Majestic Rayon Corporation, a family business that manages the family’s real estate, obtained an insurance policy from Hartford Accident and Indemnity Company that included supplementary uninsured/ under-insured motorists...more

Ervin Cohen & Jessup LLP

Insurance Coverage For Claims Involving The Misuse Of Biometric Information

​​​​​​​As the use of biometric information for verification purposes becomes widespread, employers and others should be aware of statutes which regulate the collection, storage and dissemination of this data. In this regard,...more

Holland & Knight LLP

Food and Beverage Law Update: July 2019

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Wage and Hour - 80/20 Rule Still Followed in Some Parts - The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) issued guidance doing away with the so-called "80/20 rule" in November 2018. District courts have greeted the new guidance...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

A California Pickle: Should Employers Defend Alleged Harassers?

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Seyfarth Synopsis: When confronted with a lawsuit naming an individual employee as a defendant, should California employers run from the employee or provide a defense? The duty to indemnify employees often leaves employers in...more

Farella Braun + Martel LLP

Negligent Hiring and Supervision Can Be an 'Accident'

The California Supreme Court answered the Ninth Circuit’s certified question in Liberty Surplus Insurance v. Ledesma & Meyer Construction. The court rephrased the question presented to it as: “When a third party sues an...more

Farella Braun + Martel LLP

Ninth Circuit Affirms Carrier Had Duty to Defend Employment Class Action

Fewer and fewer companies in California have insurance coverage for “wage and hour” claims, i.e. claims for failure to pay overtime, failure to provide meal and rest periods, and failure to provide accurate itemized wage...more

Snell & Wilmer

Under Construction - December 2012

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In This Issue: Letter from the Editor; Colorado Construction Law Developments in 2012; Arizona Court of Appeals Issues Decision Related to the Application of the Statute of Repose and Economic Loss Doctrine for...more

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