Editor's Picks News Roof Claim for Damage by Vultures Fails on Ordinary, Not Expert, Meaning of ‘Infestation’ January 25, 2024 How many vultures are required and how long must they be present to create an infestation? The Pennsylvania-based owner of... Read More
East News DC Appellate Court Asks for Guidance in Case of Intoxicated Man’s Fall from Train Platform January 4, 2024 The federal circuit appeals court for the District of Columbia (D.C.) has asked D.C’s highest court for guidance on the... Read More
East News Pennsylvania Law Assures Medical Expense Coverage for Injured Unlicensed Driver December 29, 2023 An unlicensed driver exclusion in a Pennsylvania auto insurance policy does not apply to allow an insurer to deny statutorily... Read More
East News Wegman’s Has Right to Question Injured Worker’s Doctor, Rules New York’s High Court December 22, 2023 Wegman’s Food Markets was wrongly denied an opportunity to cross-examine an injured employee’s doctor, the New York Court of Appeals... Read More
East News Judge Blocks Chubb Exit From New York Diocese’s Thousands of Child Sex Abuse Suits December 19, 2023 A New York judge has ruled that the “plain language” of Chubb Insurance policies dictates that the insurer must cover... Read More
East News New York Law Bars Subrogation by Lloyd’s in LaGuardia Project, Appeals Court Affirms December 13, 2023 A federal appeals court has declared that New York law prevents Lloyd’s from recovering some loss payments from Zurich American... Read More
East News Maryland’s Workers’ Compensation Bars Non-Dependent Child’s Wrongful Death Claim December 12, 2023 A non-dependent adult child whose father died on the job does not have a right to bring a wrongful death... Read More
News Travelers Wins CGL v. E&O Battle in Insurance Agency Defamation Case December 8, 2023 Travelers Casualty Insurance Co. did not owe a duty to defend or indemnify its insured, CBIZ Borden-Perlman Insurance Agency, Inc.,... Read More
News Supreme Court Ducks Hotel’s Challenge to Disability Access Tester’s Right to Sue December 7, 2023 The U.S. Supreme Court has passed on deciding whether private citizen “testers” who search online for and then sue companies... Read More
East News Fishing Community Mayor, Top Officials Off the Hook in Retaliation Claims December 1, 2023 The mayor and other city officials in the fishing community of Gloucester, Massachusetts are protected under qualified immunity against claims... Read More