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Connecticut Property and Casualty Insurance Law Newsletter – August 2023
Superior Court – Property Loss – Coverage ExclusionIn Marzo et al v. Liberty Mutual Group, Inc., the insured plaintiffs sustained damage to their home’s basement when water seeped in following heavy rainfall. Liberty Mutual denied the plaintiffs’ claim. In a trial before the Court, the dispute involved the potential application [...]
Connecticut Property and Casualty Insurance Law Newsletter – July 2023
U.S. District Court – Connecticut Unfair Trade Practices Act – Motion to DismissIn Klaneski v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co., the plaintiff was an assignee of the rights of an insured whose vehicle had been damaged after an accident. The plaintiff sued State Farm alleging that the company provided [...]
Insurance Law Newsletter – Week of July 21, 2023
CASES OF CONSEQUENCE FOURTH CIRCUIT Business Interruption/Restoration/Bad Faith (W VA)The Fourth Circuit ruled this week in Ramaco Resources LLC v. Federal Ins. Co., No. 22-1459 (4th Cir. July 20, 2203) that a District Court judge in West Virginia erred in calculating the “restoration period” for a business interruption loss arising [...]
Insurance Law Newsletter – Week of July 14, 2023
PANDEMIC UPDATE The Pennsylvania Supreme Court announced on July 13 at it would accept review of two lower court decisions rejecting coverage for COVID 19 business interruption coverage claims. CASES OF CONSEQUENCE FIFTH CIRCUIT “Occurrence”/Bodily Injury (TX)The 5th Circuit has ruled in Discover Property & Casualty Insurance Company v. [...]
Connecticut Property and Casualty Insurance Law Newsletter – June 2023
Appellate Court – Motion to Strike – Implied Covenant of Good Faith and Fair DealingIn Napolitano v. Ace American Ins. Co., which included number of issues in cross-appeals filed by the parties, the plaintiff appealed from the trial court’s granting of the defendant’s motion to strike a claim of bad [...]
Insurance Law Newsletter – Week of June 16, 2023
CASES OF CONSEQUENCE SIXTH CIRCUIT DJ/Federal Jurisdiction (OH)The Sixth Circuit has ruled in Admiral Ins. Co. v. Fire-Dex, LLC, No. 22-3992 (6th Cir. June 13, 2023) that an Ohio District Court did not err in declining to exercise jurisdiction over a DJ in which Admiral sought a finding that an [...]
