2017’s Top 29 Insurance Coverage Case Law Developments from FC&S Legal

Here are the Top 29 Insurance Coverage Case Law Developments from FC&S Legal for 2017: Insurers…

Steven A. Meyerowitz | December 28, 2017

Here are the Top 29 Insurance Coverage Case Law Developments from FC&S Legal for 2017:

Insurers Should Be Reviewing Their Policy Cancellation Practices After This Nebraska Supreme Court Decision

Lawyer Who Disclosed Too Much in Email to Insurance Adjuster Violated Duty of Confidentiality to Ex-Client, Minnesota Supreme Court Affirms

When an Ex-Client Sues a Lawyer, How Many Claims Are There Under the Lawyer's Professional Liability Insurance Policy?

So, What's a Leak?

How Liberty Mutual's Failures Led a Court to Order It to Pay $4.5 Million on a $25,000 Policy – Without Any Finding of Bad Faith

Insurer That “Actively Deceived” Injured Woman and Her Attorney Must Pay $2.75 Million in Punitive Damages

State Farm May Have a “Diminished Value” Problem in Georgia

Wyoming Supreme Court, in Case of First Impression, Adopts “Cause Theory” to Interpret “One Accident”

Waste Hauling Activities at 3 Landfills Were Separate Occurrences, N.J. District Court Rules

Rejecting AFLAC's “Sleight-of-Hand,” Florida Appeals Court Says Health Policy Covered 23-Year-Old

Delaware Court Strikes Down “Owned-But-Uninsured” Exclusion in GEICO Auto Policy

Judicial Privilege Barred Insurer's Claims Against Coverage Lawyers, Third Circuit Rules

Pennsylvania Supreme Court Makes It Easier for Insureds to Prove Insurance Bad Faith

The Florida Supreme Court Just Made It Easier for Insureds' Attorneys to Get Big Fee Awards

The Tragic Death of Nathaniel Khan, and Why a California Court Denied Insurance Payments to His Mother

Lawyer Was Unaware Client Would Need Her Policy Benefits. That Didn't Excuse Late Notice to Her Insurer.

GEICO's Conduct, of “Low to Moderate Reprehensibility,” Leads to $1 Million Bad Faith Award

“Broadly Written” Professional Services Exclusion Barred Coverage, South Dakota Supreme Court Rules

Drug Companies Sued for Alleged Role in Opioid Epidemic Lose Bid for Insurance Coverage

Insurer and Its Parent Offered Different Views of Same Exclusion in Different Cases. The Court Found That “Telling.”

Semicolon Leads to Insurance Coverage for Home Destroyed by Fire

Pollution Exclusion Was Not Ambiguous, Missouri Supreme Court Rules

Washington Supreme: “Efficient Proximate Cause Rule” Limited Scope of Pollution Exclusion in Third-Party Coverage Cases

South Carolina Supreme: Insurer's “Generic” Reservation of Rights Letters Failed to Adequately Reserve Right to Contest Coverage of Actual Damages

Texas Supreme Court Explains When Judgment Against Insured Is Recoverable from Insurer

5 Rules of Insurance Bad Faith, According to the Texas Supreme Court

Oklahoma Supreme Court, in Case Involving Insurer's “Appalling Conduct,” Expands Ability to Bring Bad Faith Claims

An Immigrant's Story: From the Fields of Mexico to a Landmark Idaho Supreme Court Ruling on a Disabled Worker's Compensation Rights

How One Lawyer's Cross-Examination Doomed Bid for Insurance Coverage

Steven A. Meyerowitz

Steven A. Meyerowitz, a Harvard Law School graduate, is the founder and president of Meyerowitz Communications Inc., a law firm marketing communications consulting company. He may be contacted at [email protected].

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