Deborah Trotter | Property Insurance Coverage Law Blog | November 27, 2019 Louisiana federal courts have been split on the issue regarding the applicable prescriptive period (statute of limitation) for first-party insureds’ bad faith claims against their insurers. Recently, the Louisiana Supreme Court granted review of Smith v. Citadel Insurance Company, to definitively rule on… Continue reading What Is the Prescriptive Period for Louisiana First-Party Bad Faith Claims?
Tag: Statute of Limitations
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?
Washington Court Tunnels Deeper Into the Discovery Rule
Lian Skaf | The Subrogation Strategist | May 10, 2019 Often times, properly analyzing when a statute of limitations begins to run – not just how long it runs – is crucial to timely pleading. In Dep’t of Transp. v. Seattle Tunnel Partners, 2019 Wash.App. LEXIS 281 (Was. Ct. App. Feb. 5, 2019), Division Two of the… Continue reading Washington Court Tunnels Deeper Into the Discovery Rule
Contractor Liable Thirteen Years After the Fact??
Earl K. Messer | Taft Stettinius & Hollister | June 28, 2019 Imagine you built a school back in 2005. Years go by. Many employees who worked on the project are gone. Their emails are no longer available to review. Most other records are buried somewhere, maybe. The owner has handled maintenance year after year… Continue reading Contractor Liable Thirteen Years After the Fact??
When Does the Time Limitation Period Begin To Run For A Lawsuit Against My Homeowners Insurance Company?
Paul LaSalle | Property Insurance Coverage Law Blog | July 2, 2019 In a recent decision,1 a federal court interpreting Pennsylvania law held that the discovery rule does not apply in insurance actions and the statute of limitations for an insured to bring suit against their insurance company begins to run on the date of loss and… Continue reading When Does the Time Limitation Period Begin To Run For A Lawsuit Against My Homeowners Insurance Company?