Jury Trial, Insurance Litigation, Negligence

Sixth Circuit Finds No E&O Coverage for GL Carrier Under E&O Policy for Underlying Motel Claim

Carlton Fields on 6/27/2025

In Columbia Casualty Co. v. State Auto Mutual Insurance Co., the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals concluded, under Ohio law, that a demand letter to a general liability insurance carrier’s insured containing allegations of bad...more

Uninsured Versus Underinsured? There is a Big Difference, and the Jury Should Know!

Marshall Dennehey on 1/13/2025

GEICO General Insurance Company v. Tsao, Fla. 5th DCA, No. 5D2023-0645, December 6, 2024 - The Fifth District Court of Appeal reversed a jury trial verdict in favor of the plaintiffs/insureds in an underinsured motorist case...more

Policies Alone Fall Short: Establishing a Standard of Care and Duty Requires More Than Internal Procedures

Marshall Dennehey on 12/22/2023

Key Points: A defendant’s violation of its own policies and procedures does not establish a standard of care for the industry. The order of a new trial was improper and the trial court’s prior order for directed verdict and...more

The Johnny Depp and Amber Heard Case Show the Importance of Special Verdicts or Answers to Written Questions in Jury Verdicts

Melito & Adolfsen on 6/3/2022

The defamation cases brought by Johnny Depp and Amber Heard against each other, entertaining as they were to many Americans, involved complex issues of law as applied to the facts alleged by the parties. For the jury to reach...more

A Jury Must Find An Insurer Acted Unreasonably In Order To Find Bad Faith Failure to Settle

Cozen O'Connor on 4/27/2021

On March 8, 2021 the California Court of Appeal, reversing a $10 million verdict against Farmers, found that a jury must specifically find unreasonable acts by an insurer to support a “failure to settle” bad faith...more

Jury Trial › Insurance Litigation › Negligence

Sixth Circuit Finds No E&O Coverage for GL Carrier Under E&O Policy for Underlying Motel Claim

Uninsured Versus Underinsured? There is a Big Difference, and the Jury Should Know!

Policies Alone Fall Short: Establishing a Standard of Care and Duty Requires More Than Internal Procedures

The Johnny Depp and Amber Heard Case Show the Importance of Special Verdicts or Answers to Written Questions in Jury Verdicts

A Jury Must Find An Insurer Acted Unreasonably In Order To Find Bad Faith Failure to Settle

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