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Claims Notes: August 2025

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Umpire Not Immune from Insurer’s Suit for Undisclosed Conflicts - A toilet supply line leak damaged Rike’s home. She submitted a claim to her property insurer and demanded an appraisal. Rike and the insurer selected their...more

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September 2024 New York Insurance Coverage Law Update

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Southern District Holds Insured Not Entitled To Judgment On Pleadings As To Duty To Defend Because Extrinsic Evidence May Show Duty Is Terminated- Color Techniques, Inc. (CTI) sold ingredients used in cosmetic formulations...more

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[Webinar] An Ohio Primer: Critical Insurance Coverage Issues in the Buckeye State - April 9th, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm EDT

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Ohio presents unique challenges to practitioners handling insurance claims in the state. Join Goldberg Segalla partners Michael A. Hamilton and Sean P. Hvisdas as they host a live, interactive webinar on some of the most...more

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Eight Corners Rule Update – Texas Federal Courts Apply Monroe Exception to Consider Extrinsic Evidence

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A previous update analyzed the critical case of Monroe Guaranty Ins. Co. v. Bitco Gen. Ins. Corp., where the Texas Supreme Court recognized an exception to Texas’s “eight corners rule” but found the exception inapplicable to...more

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[Webinar] A Pennsylvania Primer: Critical Insurance Coverage Issues in the Keystone State - November 14th, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm EST

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Pennsylvania presents unique challenges to practitioners handling insurance claims in the state. Join Goldberg Segalla partners Michael A. Hamilton, Colleen E. Hayes and Sean P. Hvisdas as they host a live, interactive...more

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Extrinsic Evidence, or Eight Corners? Texas Court Sheds Light on Determining the Duty to Defend

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Last year, the Texas Supreme Court adopted a narrow exception to the state’s eight-corners rule, and allowed the consideration of extrinsic evidence to determine the duty to defend. The exception arguably raised more...more

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Policyholders Receive Needed Guidance on Use of Extrinsic Evidence in Texas When Enforcing an Insurer's Duty to Defend

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The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit recently applied the newly adopted Texas Supreme Court decision outlining those circumstances in which extrinsic evidence may be used to determine an insurer's duty to defend...more

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Mending the Gap (in Pleadings): Texas Supreme Court allows for consideration of extrinsic evidence in evaluating an insurer’s duty...

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The Texas Supreme Court answered certified questions from the Fifth Circuit last week in Monroe Guaranty Insurance Company v. BITCO General Insurance Corporation, -- S.W.3d --, 2022 WL --, at * -- (Tex. Feb. 11, 2022),...more

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Nevada Insureds Can Rely on Extrinsic Facts to Show that An Insurer Owes a Duty to Defend

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On Oct. 28, 2021, the Nevada Supreme Court in Zurich American Insurance Company v.. Ironshore Specialty Insurance Company, 137 Nev. Adv. Op. 66, held that an insured can rely on extrinsic facts to show that an insurer has a...more

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Extrinsic Evidence and the Duty to Defend in Texas: To Be or Not to Be?

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In July of 2020, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit revisited and affirmed its prediction that Texas courts will not allow extrinsic evidence to determine an insurer’s duty to defend where such evidence...more

White and Williams LLP

The Complex Insurance Coverage Reporter – 2020 Year in Review

Welcome to CICR’s annual review of insurance cases. Here, we spotlight decisions from the last year that you should know about — and a few pending cases to watch. As our picks for “Cases to Know” (below) indicate,...more

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Insurer Owes Defense Despite "Extrinsic Evidence," New York Court Holds

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An insurer’s duty to defend generally is based on a comparison of the complaint against the insured and the insurance policy language. However, in some jurisdictions, an insurer may consider "extrinsic" evidence — information...more

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Insurers May Consider Extrinsic Evidence “Irrelevant to the Principal Merits” in Evaluating the Duty to Defend

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For third-party liability insurers, no single phrase is more paramount (and vexing) than “the duty to defend is broader than the duty to indemnify.” The duty to defend is one of the most fundamental concepts in insurance...more

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Wisconsin Supreme Court Reaffirms Four-Corners Rule for Insurers’ Duty to Defend

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An insurer’s decision whether to defend a lawsuit against its insured can be a critical issue involving tens of thousands, if not millions, of dollars for Wisconsin companies who are sued. The Wisconsin Supreme Court recently...more

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Contra Proferentem in New York: A Last Resort for Resolving Ambiguity in Coverage Disputes

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In insurance litigation, insureds often argue that, if a provision in an insurance policy is found to be ambiguous, that ambiguity should be resolved in favor of the insured, and against the insurer that drafted the contract,...more

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