Property Owners, Appeals, Insurance Industry

The Expansion of Dog Owner Liability in New York

Goldberg Segalla on 4/24/2025

In a landmark decision likely to have wide-ranging implications for premises liability claims and insurance defense litigation, the New York Court of Appeals, the state’s highest court, has upended decades of precedent in its...more

Let’s Give ‘Em Sutton to Talk About: Tennessee Court Enforces Sutton Doctrine

White and Williams LLP on 6/22/2023

In Patton v Pearson, No. M2022-00708-COA-RC-CV, 2023 Tenn. App. LEXIS 231, the Court of Appeals of Tennessee (Court of Appeals) considered whether the lower court erred in dismissing an insurance carrier’s lawsuit against its...more

California Appeals Court Says No Duty to Defend Where Policy Exclusion Applies

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 3/8/2023

In Ali Heidari v. Golden Bear Insurance, a California appeals court recently affirmed a lower court’s decision to deny relief under a CGL policy, where the policy excluded from coverage work performed by subcontractors under...more

Update - Property Owner’s Defense Goes up in Smoke in Careless Smoking Case

White and Williams LLP on 8/5/2020

Property owners owe a duty of reasonable care to avoid causing harm to neighboring properties. In Steamfitters Local Union No. 602 v. Erie Ins. Exch., 2020 Md. LEXIS 347 (July 27, 2020) (Steamfitters Local), a matter...more

Anti-Slapp Statute Does Not Apply To Allegations That Insurer Improperly Refused To Provide Cumis Counsel

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 10/29/2019

Miller Marital Deduction Trust v. Zurich American Insurance Company, — P.3d –, 2019 WL 5304862; First Appellate District Court of Appeal, Division Three, Case No. A155398 (October 21, 2019). In Miller Marital Deduction...more

When Is Property Damage From a Release “Expected or Intended”? Only After the Owner Learns of the Spill and Ignores It

Foley Hoag LLP - Environmental Law on 3/14/2019

Any good trial lawyer will tell you that the law is about telling stories. Once upon a time, Timothy and Stacy Creamer bought a house. Only after they closed did they realize that some strategically placed rugs were hiding...more

Real Property, Financial Services & Title Insurance Update: Week Ending October 9, 2015

Carlton Fields on 10/13/2015

REAL PROPERTY UPDATE - Certiorari; discovery: Certiorari review was not available to an owner of property seeking review of a trial court’s order denying his discovery requests, where the order did not completely...more

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