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Tyson & Mendes LLP

Cracking the Code: Demystifying the Legal Lingo in Insurance Defense

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Picture yourself standing in the middle of a bustling market surrounded by signs and conversations you can’t seem to decipher. If you’ve ever been a foreign country and don’t speak the language, you understand what it’s like...more

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Florida Motorcycle Accident Victim’s Guide to Legal Compensation

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Motorcycle accidents in Florida often result in severe injuries due to the lack of protection riders have compared to other motorists. If you or a loved one has been injured in a motorcycle accident, understanding your rights...more

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Reviewing 2024 Pennsylvania Legal Malpractice Decisions

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As the calendar turns to 2025, a look back at the Pennsylvania appellate dockets shows a number of impactful legal malpractice decisions, including one that was recently reargued en banc with significant ramifications for law...more

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Renewing a Faulty Insurance Policy Does Not Extend the Statute of Limitations.

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Lewicki v. Grange Ins. Co., 8th Dist. Cuyahoga No. 112705, 2023-Ohio-4544 - The Eighth District Court of Appeals dismissed this complaint that alleged negligence and bad faith against an insurer and an agent after a...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

The Impact of Florida’s Tort Reform Bill on Insurance Litigation

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On March 24, 2023, a sweeping tort reform bill was signed into law by Florida Governor Ron DeSantis. House Bill 837 was touted by DeSantis as being designed to reduce frivolous lawsuits and prevent predatory practices of...more

Carlton Fields

Financial Services & Title Insurance Update: Week Ending March 22, 2019

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Financial Services Update - FDCPA / definition of "debt collector": law firm carrying out a nonjudicial foreclosure action not a debt collector because the primary definition of a "debt collector" under sec. 1692a does not...more

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Construction One-Minute Read: What If Your Insurance Carrier Negligently Provides Insufficient Coverage?

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On October 18, 2018, the Illinois Supreme Court clarified when the statute of limitations begins to run on a claim for negligent procurement of insurance by an insurance agent or broker. In American Family Mutual Insurance...more

White and Williams LLP

Texas Court of Appeals Confirms That, in Order to “Bring Suit” Within the Statute of Limitations Period, a Plaintiff Must Exercise...

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In Molina v. Gears, 2018 Tex. App. LEXIS 1978 (March 20, 2018), the Texas Court of Appeals addressed the issue of whether a plaintiff who timely-filed a complaint exercised due diligence with respect to serving the complaint....more

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Plaintiffs’ Notice That the ‘Taxman Cometh’ Was Sufficient to Trigger Statute of Limitations

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In a November 16, 2017 ruling, a California appellate court affirmed a summary judgment ruling in favor of several financial advisors, and insurer American General Life Insurance Company, holding that plaintiffs’ fraud and...more

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Accrual to be Kind: Pennsylvania Appellate Court Addresses Statute of Limitations for Declaratory Claim

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A Pennsylvania appeals court recently addressed a nuanced procedural question: the applicable statute of limitations in a declaratory action of a coverage dispute. In Selective Way Ins. Co. v. Hospitality Group Svcs, Inc.,...more

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