Christina Phillips | Property Insurance Coverage Law Blog | July 24, 2016 The appraisal process is to provide a plain, speedy, inexpensive and just determination to an insurance dispute. However, as many first party property lawyers and homeowners have experienced, appraisal is not necessarily speedy, inexpensive or just. In fact, many times the insurer will… Continue reading Impossibility of Performance Does Not Excuse an Insurer from Appraisal
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Drone Mapping the Way of the Future for Insurance Companies
Kathryn Rattigan and Carrie Turner | Property Insurance Coverage Insights | July 12, 2016 Drone mapping provides insurance companies with an easy, fast and accurate method of documenting a scene and preserving key details while also letting the process of clean-up and reconstruction begin as quickly as possible. Recently, Dronotec, a start-up company specializing in… Continue reading Drone Mapping the Way of the Future for Insurance Companies
Unanimous Washington Supreme Court: No Coverage for Water Damage to Vacant Building
Melissa O’Loughlin White | Cozen O’Connor | June 14, 2016 The Washington Supreme Court, often described as pro-policyholder, issued a unanimous decision in favor of an insurance company on June 9, 2016: Lui v. Essex Insurance Company, No. 91777-9 (Wash., Jun. 9, 2016). Addressing a first-party property claim, the court rejected the policyholder’s arguments that… Continue reading Unanimous Washington Supreme Court: No Coverage for Water Damage to Vacant Building
An Insurer’s Duty to Defend the Insured
Adam B. Edgecombe, Esq | Jimerson & Cobb PA | April 20, 2016 A key consideration in developing a litigation strategy is whether or not insurance coverage applies to the causes of action at issue, which is important for both parties. For the plaintiff, coverage can mean that he has a greater chance of collecting… Continue reading An Insurer’s Duty to Defend the Insured
Design Errors Exception to the Economic Loss Doctrine
Carly Miller | Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP | March 23, 2016 A recent Pennsylvania case, Gongloff Contracting, LLC v. L. Robert Kimball & Assocs., Architects and Engineers, Inc., sheds light on circumstances in which design errors can lead to damages in tort as courts recognize exceptions to the economic loss doctrine for such errors… Continue reading Design Errors Exception to the Economic Loss Doctrine