Chip Merlin | Property Insurance Coverage Law Blog | August 29, 2019 Public adjuster Guy Cohen and I discussed various issues of property insurance and adjustment at a recent lunch. He raised a very serious topic of coverage gaps being created in the small print of property insurance policies which Florida insurance regulators are allowing… Continue reading The New Water Damage Limitation and Other Non-Traditional Coverage Gaps
Month: September 2019
When it Comes to Trials, it’s Like a Box of Chocolates. Sometimes You Get the Icky Cream Filled One
Garret Murai | California Construction Law Blog | August 27, 2019 According to the California Judicial Council you have about a one in three chance your case will go to trial. In 2018, of the 210,028 unlimited civil cases that were filed (i.e., cases with an amount at issue of more than $25,000) only 33 percent made… Continue reading When it Comes to Trials, it’s Like a Box of Chocolates. Sometimes You Get the Icky Cream Filled One
New Construction Lien Legislation In Tennessee
Kathryn K. Van Namen | Butler Snow | August 26, 2019 Changes to Remedies in Lien Enforcement Actions New legislation in Tennessee has limited the recovery of attorney’s fees, expenses, and actual and liquidated damages in instances where a real property owner seeks to enforce a lien. Public Chapter 142, signed by Governor Lee and… Continue reading New Construction Lien Legislation In Tennessee
California Regulations Require That an Insurer’s Preferred Vendor Return Property to Its Pre-Loss Condition – A Quick Guide to What You Need to Know
Victor Jacobellis | Property Insurance Coverage Law Blog | August 21, 2019 It is becoming more and more common that insurance companies are recommending and suggesting that their “preferred vendors” perform loss repairs. California offers insureds protection if they opt to use a preferred vendor. Under the Fairs Claims Settlement Practices Regulations, if an insurer recommends… Continue reading California Regulations Require That an Insurer’s Preferred Vendor Return Property to Its Pre-Loss Condition – A Quick Guide to What You Need to Know