Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom partners Anita Bandy and Marc Gerber discuss grey areas and the scope of environmental, social and governance frameworks.
Conflicting signals between a potential El Nino and above-normal warmth in certain regions of the Atlantic bring more uncertainty than usual to this forecast.
"Here, Estep contends that his accident occurred while he was loading his car with luggage, which was part of a greater mission of returning home to Chesapeake with that luggage," Judge Frank K. Friedman wrote on behalf of the majority. "Simply put, transporting luggage is a valid and expected use of a vehicle, and one cannot transport the baggage without first packing the vehicle."
The W.Va. Supreme Court ruled that a circuit court erred in concluding that a policy's employer's liability exclusion was applicable in a wrongful death claim.
"A plain reading of the policy provides that the parties intended to exclude coverage for COVID-19 related losses like the losses plaintiff allegedly suffered in the immediate case," the court said.