Chip Merlin – January 15, 2014 Janet Thompson from Overhead Door attended my seminar at last year’s Windstorm Insurance Conference. During my session, she remarked that often overlooked building codes apply to garage door replacement and repair. Wind loaded garage doors pose a serious issue to structure safety. Here is a diagram of “Lose the… Continue reading Wind Loaded Garage Doors – Novel Information is Learned at the Windstorm Conference
Month: January 2014
An Introduction to Arizona First-Party Bad Faith
Ashley Smith – January 15, 2014 In Arizona, insurance contracts include an implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing requiring the insurer to refrain from any conduct that would impair the benefits or rights expected from the insurance contract.1 Interestingly, unlike many other jurisdictions, the insured is not required to prevail on the breach… Continue reading An Introduction to Arizona First-Party Bad Faith
Utah Court of Appeals Limits Third-Party Beneficiary Contract Claims Against Appraisers, but Recognizes Tort Based Third-Party Claims
David Leta – Snell & Wilmer – January 13, 2014
Contents Manipulation is a Covered Construction Expense
Chip Merlin – January 9, 2014 What is less expensive and easier to repair–a damaged floor with a ten thousand pound stone table or one without such contents? That is the question I posed to Kalon deLuise when visiting him, and his father Scott, in Denver last week. Kalon was working on a National Flood… Continue reading Contents Manipulation is a Covered Construction Expense
Supreme Court Opinion Instructs on the Enforcement of Forum-Selection Clauses
Jacob Manning – Dinsmore & Shohl LLP – January 7, 2014