Keep Your Friends Close and Your Enemies Closer: Assigning Your Bad Faith Claim in Bet the Company Litigation

Joshua B. Rosenberg | The National Law Review | April 24, 2017 Commercial general liability (CGL) insurance policies are popular in the marketplace, as they protect policyholders of every stripe from the ever-present risk of liability for bodily injury and property damage. Of at least equal importance is the insurance company’s duty to defend the… Continue reading Keep Your Friends Close and Your Enemies Closer: Assigning Your Bad Faith Claim in Bet the Company Litigation

Defective Workmanship May Be a Covered Occurrence as Winds of Change Sweep through Iowa

David L. Beck | Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP | September 19, 2016 Over the past four months, a trio of cases has introduced a policyholder-friendly breath of fresh air to Iowa insurance coverage law as Iowa state and federal courts have found that defective workmanship may constitute a covered occurrence under the plain language… Continue reading Defective Workmanship May Be a Covered Occurrence as Winds of Change Sweep through Iowa

NJ Supreme Court Gets it Right! Consequential Damages Caused by a Subcontractor’s Defective Construction Work is Insured

Jonathan A. Cass and Rene David Quinlan | Construction Law Signal | August 29, 2016 The New Jersey Supreme Court’s August 4, 2016 decision in Cypress Point Condominium Association, Inc. v. Adria Towers, LLC opened the door for general contractors to obtain insurance coverage under their commercial general liability (CGL) policies for property damage caused… Continue reading NJ Supreme Court Gets it Right! Consequential Damages Caused by a Subcontractor’s Defective Construction Work is Insured

Attorneys’ Fees Incurred and Awarded as a Result of a Property Damage Claim Are Covered Under HOA’s CGL Policy

Kevin Pollack | Property Insurance Coverage Law Blog | September 5, 2016 If an HOA is sued pertaining to a dispute over property damage, and the opposing party prevails and obtains an award of attorney fees, does the HOA’s liability insurance policy cover the attorney fee award? According to a recent district court decision in… Continue reading Attorneys’ Fees Incurred and Awarded as a Result of a Property Damage Claim Are Covered Under HOA’s CGL Policy

Recent Illinois Decision Fortifies Precedent that Construction Defects Fail to Trigger Occurrence under CGL Policies

Thomas G. Cronin | Gordon & Rees LLP | May 10, 2016 A recent decision in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois slammed home standing precedent concerning whether a construction defect triggers an “occurrence” that would be covered under a commercial general liability (“CGL”) policy. In Allied Property & Casualty… Continue reading Recent Illinois Decision Fortifies Precedent that Construction Defects Fail to Trigger Occurrence under CGL Policies

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