Daniel Ballard | Property Insurance Coverage Law Blog | November 14, 2019 A tool that every policyholder attorney should use is the 30(b)(6) deposition. This is when the policyholder attorney requests the Defendant Insurance Carrier to designate “one or more officers, directors, or managing agents, or designate other persons who consent to testify on its… Continue reading The Importance of a Rule 30(b)(6) Deposition
Month: November 2019
Sometimes a Reminder is in Order. . .
Christopher G. Hill | Construction Law Musings | November 18, 2019 Recently, I was talking with my friend Matt Hundley about a recent case he had in the Charlottesville, VA Circuit Court. It was a relatively straightforward (or so he and I would have thought) breach of contract matter involving a fixed price contract between his (and… Continue reading Sometimes a Reminder is in Order. . .
More Hensel Phelps Ripples in the Statute of Limitations Pond?
Christopher G. Hill | Construction Law Musings | November 11, 2019 As is always the case when I attend the Virginia State Bar’s annual construction law seminar, I come away from it with a few posts on recent cases and their implications. The first of these is not a construction case, but has implications relating to… Continue reading More Hensel Phelps Ripples in the Statute of Limitations Pond?
Nobody Should Be Expected To Read Every Insurance Contract They Purchase
Chip Merlin | Property Insurance Coverage Law Blog | November 18, 2019 Judges should stop with the fiction that policyholders have a duty to read their insurance policies before a loss. They do not read all the insurance contracts they purchase, and nobody does. Even if they read their policies, most people would not understand… Continue reading Nobody Should Be Expected To Read Every Insurance Contract They Purchase
Court Rules Insured Resided at Burnt Home Based on His Assertions
Jason Cieri | Property Insurance Coverage Law Blog | November 11, 2019 A federal trial court in Pennsylvania recently ruled that the assertions made by the insureds were enough to overcome the insurer’s motion for judgment on the pleadings.1 On May 18, 2017, Nanette and Justin Bloxham’s home and contents were damaged by a fire. The… Continue reading Court Rules Insured Resided at Burnt Home Based on His Assertions