Legal Advisories

2015

06.19.15 California Court Holds That Scope of Repair Is Appraisable

2014

12.02.14 California Appellate Court Upholds Replacement Cost Condition but Authorizes "Conditional Judgment" for Replacement Cost Benefits

2013

08.05.13 Back on the Menu in California Bad Faith Litigation: Unfair Competition Claims
02.14.13 New Federal Court Decision Protects Insurer's Decision Not To Continue Defending Policyholder During Appeal

2012

12.04.12 Insured's Allegations In Suit Against Contractors Deemed Admissions Precluding First-Party Coverage

2011

08.23.11 California Court Applies MacKinnon In Property Insurance Dispute, Finds Pollution Exclusion Applies
06.30.11 California Court Upholds Attorney-Client Privilege and Work Product Protection

2010

06.28.10 California Courts Issue Two Significant Coverage Decisions
03.29.10 Business Income Coverage Shocker

2009

12.22.09 California Court Clarifies Disclosure and Disqualification Rules For Appraisers
11.17.09 Prior Publication Exclusion Applies to Trademark Infringement Claims
07.14.09 Effective Immediately: California Enacts E-Discovery Law
03.02.09 Court rejects jury instructions on "Genuine Dispute" Doctrine
02.05.09 Pollution exclusions after MacKinnon
01.06.09 Court limits scope of professional services exclusion

2008

08.05.08 California court finds insurer temporarily estopped from relying on contracting clause in RCV policy
07.24.08 Court adopts narrow definition of "Negligent Publication"
06.30.08 Swimming pool injury claim sends California Court off the coverage deep end
05.21.08 California Court Protects Insurers' Rights To Contest Coverage After Appraisal
04.07.08 California court reaffirms no coverage for sexual assault
04.01.08 Responsibilities imposed by the federal maritime doctrine of uberrimae fidei
01.02.08 California court finds insurer potentially liable for default judgment

2007

12.19.07 Court finds no duty to defend defamation claim
11.26.07 What's all the stink about? No liability coverage for bad odors in California.
10.15.07 California Court of Appeal upholds insurer's attorney-client privilege
05.25.07 Delgado v. ACSC: Bad Faith and the Duty to Defend
03.23.07 Jordan II: Bad Faith and the Duty to Investigate
01.23.07 Bernstein v. Travelers: Discovery of Property Loss Reserves

2006

11.21.06 California Supreme Court declines to limit "under construction" exception to vacancy exclusion to new construction
11.06.06 California court vacates appraisal award, finding insured did not agree that appraisers would decide causation issues
07.01.06 California court rejects cause of action for "negligent investigation"

2005

05.19.05 Courts crack down on policyholders' business interruption experts

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