Lara Degenhart Cassidy and Adriana Perez | Hunton Andrews Kurth On Monday, March 6, the US Supreme Court agreed to hear an insurance coverage dispute, Great Lakes Insurance SE v. Raiders Retreat Realty Co., LLC. Insurance cases are few and far between in the high court, so both policyholders and their insurers will be watching the Great… Continue reading Supreme Court Takes on Insurance Dispute
Tag: Choice-of-Law Provisions
The Choice Is Yours – Or Is It? Anti-Choice-of-Laws Statutes Applicable to Construction Contracts
Tiffany Raush and Tanya McGill | ConsensusDocs During contract negotiations and review, the parties make choices about what risks they are willing to accept and at what cost. But one often overlooked choice—the choice of law applicable to the contract—can undermine carefully negotiated construction contracts and expose contractors to risks they never intended to accept. … Continue reading The Choice Is Yours – Or Is It? Anti-Choice-of-Laws Statutes Applicable to Construction Contracts
The Conflict Between Choice-of-Law Provisions in Insurance Policies and a State’s Fundamental Public Policy
Matthew Lewis | Property Casualty Focus | October 18, 2019 Many contracts include a choice-of-law provision in which the parties agree to use a particular jurisdiction’s set of laws to govern the contract. These provisions promote predictability. No matter where a dispute may arise under the contract, the contract will always be interpreted under the… Continue reading The Conflict Between Choice-of-Law Provisions in Insurance Policies and a State’s Fundamental Public Policy
California Supreme Court Strikes Blow to Insurers’ Choice-of-Law Provisions
Kevin Brantley and J. Kelby Van Patten | Payne & Fears | September 27, 2019 The California Supreme Court has struck a blow to insurers’ attempts to contract out of more policyholder friendly jurisdictions, holding that the notice-prejudice rule is a fundamental public policy. Pitzer College v. Indian Harbor Insurance Co., 2019 WL 4065521. In Pitzer College,… Continue reading California Supreme Court Strikes Blow to Insurers’ Choice-of-Law Provisions