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Texas Appeals Court Finds Project Owner Excluded From Coverage as Claimants’ Statutory Employer

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On April 3, 2025, a Texas state appeals court reversed a trial court order awarding Exxon Mobil $25 million under an umbrella insurance policy issued by Lexington Insurance Co. to Brock Services Ltd. The appeals court found...more

Marshall Dennehey

A Double Take: Workers’ Compensation Liens Render UIM Non-Duplication Clauses Unenforceable

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Key Points: Delaware Superior Court permits injured plaintiffs-employees to board medical bills and lost wages already paid by the workers’ compensation carrier in subsequent UIM claim related to the same incident, despite a...more

Gray Reed

Using Evidence to Fill Gaps in Pleadings Silent on Important Coverage Facts

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A decision out of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas showcases the practical challenge in the relationship between workers’ compensation and the pleading standards required to trigger...more

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Subrogation and UIM Claims: Unpacking the Recent Henry and Manz Decisions

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The Delaware Supreme Court's decisions in Henry I and Henry II have had a significant impact on workers’ compensation claims involving underinsured motorist (UIM) benefits. Here, we break down the complex issues surrounding...more

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Insurance Rates for the Technology Industry: 2022 Trend Report

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In this report, we identify the emerging trends that are impacting insurance for the tech sector, with a specific review of the property, general liability, and workers’ compensation (WC) coverage areas. The big takeaway?...more

Chambliss, Bahner & Stophel, P.C.

Protecting Your Business from Liability for COVID-19 Transmission

As businesses continue to evaluate current operations and how they will modify them as shelter-in-place orders are lifted and employees and customers return, it is important for each business to anticipate potential COVID-19...more

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Buchalter Client Alert COVID-19: Opposite Sides of the Table: Restaurants Seek Recovery From Insurers for Business Interruption in...

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As COVID-19 cases have continued to spread across the country resulting in government-issued “shelter in place” orders, few industries have felt the impact as swiftly and deeply as the restaurant industry. Indeed, such...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Insurance Coverage Questions In Light of Coronavirus

COVID-19 continues to have an unprecedented effect on business operations throughout the world. While the availability of insurance coverage for pandemic-related losses is still far from certain, it is imperative that...more

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Burr Alert: Coronavirus (COVID-19) & The Coming Insurance Claims

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As the global coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic accelerates, so too are the attendant disruptions businesses face, from workplace closures to supply chain disruptions and severe travel restrictions. As a result of these...more

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Maximizing Insurance Assets for Business Losses Relating to Coronavirus (COVID-19)

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With significant business disruptions occurring as a result of coronavirus (COVID-19), companies should consider how insurance coverage, including business interruption, supply chain, and event cancellation coverage, can help...more

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Coronavirus Update – Are You Covered?

In January, we were among the first to post on the insurance implications of coronavirus. Since then, the epidemic has landed on our shores, dragged down the stock market, and become a political football. It has affected...more

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Look No Further Than the Insuring Clause: Ill-Gotten Gains Do Not Constitute Covered “Loss”

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On August 26, 2019, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals, applying Florida Law, held that ill-gotten gains do not constitute covered “loss” within the meaning of a D&O policy. In Philadelphia Indemnity Insurance Co. v. Sabal...more

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Court Upholds Decision Rendering Insurance Arbitration Provision and Delegation Clause Unenforceable for Failure to File Them with...

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In a dispute between Low Desert Empire Pizza (Desert Pizza) and its insurers over alleged mismanagement of claims and unjustifiable cost increases related to a workers’ compensation insurance program, a California appellate...more

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