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Continue ReadingThe Estate of Steven Tinervin v. Nationwide Mutual Ins. Co.
(Florida Court of Appeals, Fourth District, November 25, 2009)
Plaintiff appealed an adverse declaratory judgment in favor of the insurer, wherein the trial court found that the professional services exclusion of a business owner’s policy excluded coverage for services performed by the doctor’s wife in filing, and making the doctor aware of lab reports, knowledge of which, would have changed his treatment strategies.
Specifically, the plaintiff brought a wrongful death action against the doctor, …
Continue ReadingBasic Research v. Admiral Insurance Co. (D.C. Utah, November 30, 2009)
Policyholders, manufacturers and marketers of the weight loss pill Akavar 20/50, filed a suit in federal court seeking coverage for defense costs from their insurers for underlying cases accusing the policyholders of false advertising.
Some of the policyholders were first sued in November 2007 in a putative nationwide class action in Utah alleging that the ads regarding weight loss were misleading. In December 2007, the policyholders were hit with a similar …
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Continue ReadingLiberty Mut. Ins. Co. v. Hurlbut
(2nd Cir. (N.Y.) Nov. 4, 2009)
The Second Circuit refused to exercise federal jurisdiction over claims by Liberty Mutual that recent amendments to New York’s Workers Compensation Law are unconstitutional. Liberty’s claims stemmed from an amendment to the Workers Compensation Law that requires insurers to make deposits to an aggregate fund for all permanent partial disability cases. Another amendment bestows settlement authority for indemnity benefits on trustees of that aggregate fund. Liberty and its affiliates sued the …
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