Discusses paying relatives when insureds stay with them after a loss.

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Bodily Injury Must Actually Be Bodily Injury for the CGL to Apply   April 3, 2017   A Massachusetts district court determined last week that…

Waiver Does Not Create Coverage   January 23, 2017 In a case where the insured alleged that he had coverage because an employee of the insured…

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Discusses Jones v. Baecker, No. 2015AP325, 2016 WL 7471577, (Wis. Ct. App. Dec. 28, 2016), a housing discrimination case against a landlord.