Lit Watch


January 05, 2023

The victim sued the bank in a premises-liability action after he was shot in the head on bank premises after banking hours.

December 14, 2022

"More evidence now available to the public shows insurers did not actually believe the central theme to the sermon they've preached when defending pandemic-related business interruption claims," said Gotwald and Levine.

December 07, 2022

The perpetrator of a data breach interfered to the point where the owner of a stolen email address could communicate with clients in an effective, efficient manner.

November 30, 2022

The employer claimed the man's injuries weren't compensable because he had not arrived at the employer's premises at the time of injury. The man asserted he was performing work-related duties as assigned and directed by the employer when the collision occurred.

November 30, 2022

The employer claimed the man's injuries weren't compensable because he had not arrived at the employer's premises at the time of injury. The man asserted he was performing work-related duties as assigned and directed by the employer when the collision occurred.

November 29, 2022

Liberty Mutual successfully argued the application of a total pollution exclusion to a claim by Central Crude, Inc. for costs related to environmental remediation and litigation defense for a January 2007 oil spill in Paradis, Louisiana.

November 29, 2022

The employer asserted the "positive work order" defense, which required proof that there was a specific policy in place, the claimant knew about the employer's policy, and that the claimant's conduct at the time of injury removed the claimant from the course of employment.

November 18, 2022

Both cases in this appeal were based on policy language that excluded UM coverage for pedestrians struck by a hit-and-run vehicle because a pedestrian, by definition, cannot occupy a covered vehicle.

November 12, 2022

A policy open to more than one reasonable interpretation is, by definition, ambiguous, and ambiguity is resolved in favor of coverage under well-settled insurance principles.

November 07, 2022

The Supreme Court of Arizona recently answered two questions certified by the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona that both concerned how an insurer may or may not use depreciation in calculating the actual cash value (ACV) of damaged property.