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Introduction: Understanding Fidelity Investigations - Fidelity / Crime / Financial Institution Bonds, in a general sense, cover an insured from the willful theft of property, money, and securities by one of their employees...more
A Delaware Superior Court, applying Delaware law, has held that the United States Securities and Exchange Commission’s (“SEC”) request to toll the statute of limitations did not constitute a “Securities Claim” under a D&O...more
Regardless of the specific cause of property damage—whether it be vehicle impact, structural collapse, construction defects, equipment failures, fire or explosion, hail, lightning, storms, animal activity, or water...more
1) Preservation Demand. Send an evidence preservation notice to anyone you think may be liable or contributed to the fire (so the entity is on notice not to destroy, delete, or alter relevant evidence)....more
Attorneys who handle significant numbers of truck accident cases in Tallahassee have noticed some new trends with regard to truck accident lawsuits. While an experienced attorney will be aware of the changing focus and new...more
Directors and officers facing liability claims, including investigations and enforcement proceedings, must pay careful attention to the notice provisions of their directors’ and officers’ (D&O) liability coverage policies and...more
When you go out for a day on the water, the last thing you expect is to end the day dealing with the aftermath of a boating accident. But, these accidents happen far more often than they should, and many boat captains and...more
Proving liability after a boating accident is critical when seeking just compensation for your losses. To file a claim, you need to know who (or what company) is responsible—and you need to be able to prove it to the...more
As interest rates and financial pressures on families continue to mount, more and more drivers may be unable to pay their repair bill for damage they caused or for mechanical issues on their vehicles. A common response is...more
In a unanimous vote, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) approved a settlement with Whirlpool Corp., which requires Whirlpool to pay $11.5 million in civil penalties for allegedly ignoring reports from...more
On April 13, 2023, Governor Ron DeSantis signed into law Senate Bill 360, known as “An act relating to causes of action based on three improvements to real property.” Like other recent tort law changes, including those...more
The Florida Legislature passed Senate Bill 2-A (“SB2A” or the “Act”), which was signed into law on December 16, 2022. The Act has the potential to significantly reduce litigation of first party property cases in the state of...more
Hurricane Ian was a devastating storm for southwest Florida. While out in the Gulf of Mexico, it became a high-end category 4 hurricane early on September 28, 2022 and made landfall later that afternoon. The areas where Ian...more
Forensic accountants are independent, highly specialized accountants with strict confidentiality policies who are involved in investigating financial information to assist attorneys, insurance companies, businesses,...more
Instead of preparing to welcome 2022 many residents of Boulder County are experiencing Colorado’s most destructive fire. Just before noon on December 30, 2021, a brush fire was reported in Louisville, Colorado, a city in...more
A recent coverage case from Illinois is a helpful reminder to policyholders that they should not take no for an answer when insurers deny a claim based on uninsurability, restitution, disgorgement, or fraud. In fact, those...more
In determining when the work product doctrine is triggered, the Northern District of Illinois recently held that, rather than adopting a bright-line rule, the issue should be decided on a case-by-case basis at the court’s...more
An attorney is outside counsel to a midsized, closely held corporation. The attorney reports to a group of officers and directors. The client was just served at corporate headquarters with a grand jury subpoena in connection...more
Contract Interpretation McCruter v. Travelers Home & Marine Ins. Co., 11th Dist. Lake No. 2019-L-167, 2021-Ohio-472- In this appeal, the Eleventh Appellate District affirmed in part and reversed in part the lower court’s...more
According to the FBI, “The total cost of insurance fraud (non-health insurance) is estimated to be more than $40 billion per year. That means Insurance Fraud costs the average U.S.family between $400 and $700 per year in the...more
Like all other aspects of life, the forensic investigations of existing and new subrogation claims has been significantly impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Senior Mechanical Engineer and Certified Fire Investigator, C....more
A recent decision from one of New York’s trial courts of general jurisdiction could have a chilling effect on written communications between an insurer and its retained counsel during a claim investigation. In Otsuka...more
Third-party liability policies often include aggregation clauses. As the name suggests, these clauses aggregate “related claims” or “interrelated wrongful acts” into one claim or occurrence....more