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By Zachary Greening In First Mercury Insurance Co. v. First Florida Building Corporation, 20-cv-1929 (M.D. Fla Jan. 3, 2023), the court rejected an insurer’s bid to have evidence considered outside the underlying complaint concerning the claimant’s employment status to determine… Continue Reading →
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit ruled in Scottsdale Insurance Company v. Columbia Insurance Group, Inc., No. 19-3315 (7th Cir. Aug. 26 2020) (Illinois law), that the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois did… Continue Reading →
In Sentinel Insurance Co. v. Yorktown Industries, Inc., the claimant filed an underlying action against the insured alleging that the insured hired the claimant’s employees, stole the claimant’s confidential business information, including its customer list and sales information, and used… Continue Reading →
In Great Lakes Beverages, LLC v. Wochinski, the Wisconsin Court of Appeals held that the Breach of Contract Exclusion precluded coverage for an underlying tortious interference claim, such that AMCO Insurance Company (AMCO) did not owe any duty to defend… Continue Reading →
The U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania recently held an insurer that breached the duty to defend could not challenge the reasonableness of defense costs paid by defending insurers in an action for equitable subrogation. In Transportation… Continue Reading →
In Design Basics, LLC v. Best Built, Inc., the court held two insurers owed no duty to defend and indemnify an insured for copyright infringement claims where the complaint alleged infringement of the designs at issue before their policy periods. The… Continue Reading →