The Tenth Circuit affirmed a district court ruling that Cincinnati Insurance Company had a duty to defend Simon Contractors of Wyoming, Inc. as an additional insured under its subcontractor’s policy following tractor-trailer rollover accidents on a Wyoming...
The Ohio Court of Appeals reversed a trial court’s class certification in a putative class action against Farmers Insurance, holding that the named plaintiff’s claims became moot after a binding appraisal award resolved his individual dispute.
A federal judge in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania allowed most of a policyholder family's expanded claims against Pacific Life Insurance Company to proceed, ruling that fraud, fraudulent inducement, fraudulent misrepresentation, negligent...
The District of Delaware granted summary judgment to Ameritas Life Insurance Corp., holding that a $10 million life insurance policy on Irene Sloat was void from inception because it lacked an insurable interest under Delaware law. The court also denied...
Travelers Casualty must keep litigating its duty to defend Syngenta against a massive wave of paraquat herbicide lawsuits after Delaware's high court refused interlocutory review of a Superior Court ruling that the policies' pollution-exclusion clause does...
The Sixth Circuit affirmed summary judgment for First American Title Insurance Company, ruling that a title insurer had no duty to defend its insured, Triple Properties Detroit, LLC, against a lawsuit brought by a buyer whose title had reverted to a...
A New Mexico federal court held that an insurance-industry expert retained by a UM/UIM claimant cannot tell the jury whether State Farm acted reasonably, in bad faith, or in breach of any legal duty — but left intact his ability to testify about industry...
A New Mexico rollover crash triggered by an elderly pedestrian who wandered onto the interstate against his driver's explicit instructions falls outside uninsured motorist coverage because the passenger's independent actions severed any causal link to the...
A Utah federal court held that an insurer's declaratory judgment action over a wheelchair-accident death at an assisted-living facility is not blocked by the Rooker-Feldman doctrine or the court's discretion to decline jurisdiction under the Declaratory...
A federal judge in Maryland ruled that the No Surprises Act implies a private right of action to enforce binding independent dispute resolution awards, rejecting an insurer's argument that courts lack jurisdiction to compel payment.
A federal magistrate judge denied Redwood Fire and Casualty Insurance Company's motion for summary judgment, ruling the insurer failed to show it was prejudiced by its insured's settlement and that the statute of limitations question on the UM/UIM...
A federal court held that a widow's breach-of-contract suit against Selective Insurance can move forward after the insurer refused to pay uninsured motorist benefits following a 2022 highway shooting that killed her husband.
A New Jersey federal court held that Hartford and Travelers had no duty to defend a synthetic-hair seller against a California class action alleging toxic chemicals in its products, because the underlying suit sought only economic damages for being deceived...