Insurance Litigation, Policy Limits, Uninsured and Under-Insured Motorists

Connecticut Court Denies Summary Judgment in Uninsured Motorist Claim Over Unexhausted Coverage Limits

Marshall Dennehey on 5/30/2025

Latney v. Fernandez, 2025 WL 457693, No. HHD-CV-23-6168441S (Sup. Ct Hartford, Feb. 6, 2025) - The Superior Court of Connecticut denied a motion for summary judgment to dismiss a claim for uninsured motorist benefits because...more

Insurance Class Action Update - 2023 Q1

BakerHostetler on 5/10/2023

This year began like the last one ended, with lots of activity. Total loss class actions kept going around the country, and labor depreciation class actions experienced ups and downs, depending on one’s viewpoint. New class...more

Third Circuit: Pennsylvania auto insurers need not obtain new UIM election forms when a new vehicle is added to an existing policy

Houston Harbaugh, P.C. on 10/21/2022

On September 29, 2022, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals held, as a matter of first impression, the Pennsylvania Motor Vehicle Financial Responsibility Law (MVFRL) only requires auto insurers to seek elections of...more

Minnesota Supreme Court’s First Opinion on the State’s Bad Faith Statute

Carlton Fields on 10/5/2020

The Minnesota Supreme Court in the matter of Alison Joel Peterson v. Western National Mutual Insurance Company, 946 N.W.2d 903 (Minn. 2020) opined for the first time on the state’s bad faith statute (Minn. Stat. § 604.18) and...more

Tenth Circuit Reverses UM/UIM Coverage Notification Class Certification

Carlton Fields on 5/3/2016

The named plaintiff in Soseeah v. Sentry Insurance had a Sentry auto policy. She declined UM/UIM coverage when she initially purchased her policy, and renewed annually thereafter. In 2010, the New Mexico Supreme Court held,...more

Insurance Litigation › Policy Limits › Uninsured and Under-Insured Motorists

Connecticut Court Denies Summary Judgment in Uninsured Motorist Claim Over Unexhausted Coverage Limits

Insurance Class Action Update - 2023 Q1

Third Circuit: Pennsylvania auto insurers need not obtain new UIM election forms when a new vehicle is added to an existing policy

Minnesota Supreme Court’s First Opinion on the State’s Bad Faith Statute

Tenth Circuit Reverses UM/UIM Coverage Notification Class Certification

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