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A federal district court in Pennsylvania has granted summary judgment to an insurer on a breach of contract claim brought by a homeowner because she filed her action more than one year after she learned of a water leak in her home.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit has ruled that an admission that an insured made during discovery foreclosed its claims under an equipment breakdown insurance policy.
A jury in Florida has awarded $10 million to the parents of two teenagers killed in a head-on collision with a recreational vehicle driven by a 99-year-old man.
The U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia has admitted it erred when it denied a commercial general liability insurance company's motion for a judgment declaring that it was not obligated to defend or indemnify its insured against claims arising out of a fatal shooting on the insured's premises.
An appellate court in Florida has ruled that an insurance company's salvage vehicle title certificate was superior to a towing company's certificate of title for the same vehicle where the towing company had not provided timely notice of its lien as required by Florida law.
A federal district court in Pennsylvania has dismissed a complaint homeowners filed against their insurance company seeking payment of damage caused by a fire at the home they were renovating where they did not assert that they were residing there.
A Delaware trial court has ruled that an employee who was fired for allegedly soliciting customers for a competitor – without first being warned – was not entitled to receive unemployment insurance benefits.
A federal district court in Texas has granted an insurer's motion to bar attorneys' fees to an insured where the insured failed to provide timely written notice of the specific amount it alleged it was owed, as mandated by Texas insurance law.
The U.S. Department of Justice has filed a statement of interest in an antitrust lawsuit brought by Oscar Insurance Company of Florida, co-founded by Jared Kushner's brother Joshua Kushner, against Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida, Inc., Health Options Inc., and Florida Health Care Plan Inc.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, affirming a district court's decision, has rejected two employees' claims that they were entitled to $1 million in underinsured motorist benefits.
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