Tag Legal
In Great American Insurance Company v. Hamel, 60 Tex. Sup. Ct. J. 1257, ___ S.W.3d ___ (Tex. 2017), the Texas Supreme Court clarified its decision in State Farm Fire & Cas. Co. v. Gandy, 925 S.W.3d 696, 714 (Tex. 1996),… Continue Reading →
In Yahoo! Inc. v. National Union Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburgh, PA, No. 17-cv-00447 NC, 2017 WL 2405025 (N.D. Cal. June 2, 2017), the district court concluded there was no coverage for TCPA claims for unsolicited text messages under a… Continue Reading →
In Grand China Buffet & Grill, Inc. v. State Auto Property & Casualty Co., 1:16cv159, 2017 WL 2129307 (N.D. W.Va. May 16, 2017), the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia held that underlying claims relating to… Continue Reading →
False advertising claims do not always trigger “advertising injury” coverage for product disparagement. Some courts have found that an advertisement that uses comparative language indirectly referencing a competitor’s product may qualify as material that “disparages” another’s “products” even if it… Continue Reading →
Last week, two courts in Pennsylvania addressed significant issues of insurance coverage law: the scope of an asbestos exclusion and trigger of coverage for environmental damage claims. In General Refractories Co. v. First State Ins. Co., 2017 WL 1416364 (Apr…. Continue Reading →
On March 28, 2017, in a case of first impression in the Indiana Court of Appeals, the court considered whether an SIR Endorsement governs an insurer’s obligations to additional insureds under a commercial general liability policy. Walsh Construction Company (“Walsh”),… Continue Reading →
In Unwired Solutions, Inc. v. Ohio Security Insurance Co., Case No. Case 1:16-cv-00405-CCB (D. Md. 2017), Ohio Security denied owing any defense or indemnity obligation to its insured, Unwired Solutions, Inc. dba Linq Services, Inc. (“Linq”) for an underlying action… Continue Reading →