Christopher Kendrick and Valerie A. Moore | Haight Brown and Bonesteel In Trilogy Plumbing, Inc. v. Navigators Specialty Ins. Co. (No. G057796, filed 5/27/20, ord. pub. 6/18/20), a California appeals court ruled that an insurance bad faith lawsuit alleging a variety of claim handling misconduct in defending the insured was not subject to an insurer’s special Strategic… Continue reading Fact of Settlement Communications in Underlying Lawsuits is Not Ground for Anti-SLAPP Motion in Subsequent Bad Faith Lawsuit
Month: September 2020
Class Action Certification by Association for “Matters of Common Interest”
David Adelstein | Florida Construction Legal Updates Associations have authority to pursue as a class, on behalf of all of their respective members, lawsuits “concerning members of common interest to the members.” Fla. R. Civ. P. 1.221. This includes, but is not limited to, the common property or the areas in which the association is responsible. … Continue reading Class Action Certification by Association for “Matters of Common Interest”
Michigan Finds Coverage for Subcontractor’s Faulty Work
Tred R Eyerly | Insurance Law Hawaii The Michigan Supreme Court held that under a CGL policy, an “accident” may include unintentional subcontractor work that damages the insured’s work product. Skanska USA Building Inc. v. M.A.P. Mechanical Contractors, Inc., et al., 2020 Mich. LEXIS 1194 (Mich. June 29, 2020). Skanska USA Building… Continue reading Michigan Finds Coverage for Subcontractor’s Faulty Work