Taxi Insurer Failed to Defend Uber in Crash Cases, Judge Says March 4, 2026 By Natalie Lung A U.S. judge sided with Uber Technologies Inc. in its complaint that American Transit Insurance Co., the largest taxi insurer...
Insurer Seeks to Exit $30 Million Wrongful Death Lawsuit Over Boy’s Fatal Shooting February 6, 2025 By Andrew G. Simpson An insurance company says it is not obligated to defend or indemnify the owners and managers of a Memphis apartment...
Farm Bureau Must Defend Insured in Deadly Legionnaires’ Disease Outbreak in Carolina April 25, 2024 By William Rabb What started out as festive time at the North Carolina Mountain State Fair in 2019 ended with 96 people hospitalized...
Sotheby’s, Russians, Theft: Insurer Must Defend in High-End Miami Realty Suit February 26, 2024 By William Rabb In the glittering world of high-end south Florida real estate, One Sotheby’s International Realty is known as one of the...
Appeals Court Rules Insurers Not Obligated to Defend Opioid Distributor McKesson January 31, 2024 By Chad Hemenway The role drug distributor McKesson Corp. had in the opioid crisis was no accident, meaning the company is not entitled...
Hawaii Supreme Court Rules Insurers Can’t Recoup Defense Costs from Insureds November 16, 2023 An insurer cannot seek reimbursement from its insured for the cost of defending a lawsuit after learning that no coverage...
No Duty to Defend Doesn’t Mean No Duty to Indemnify, 5th Circuit Rules August 2, 2023 By William Rabb A federal appeals court has clarified, at least under the realm of Texas law, when an insurer has a duty...
Time Lag Does Not End Insurer’s Duty to Defend, Court Rules May 24, 2023 By Andrew G. Simpson A federal court in New York has reiterated that a time lag between the date a trip-and-fall accident occurred and...
No Coverage for Alabama Builder Who Delayed Notice of Construction Defect Claims September 23, 2022 By Denise Johnson An Alabama federal court ruled this week that a builder’s commercial general liability insurer has no duty to defend or...
Sex Abuse Victim Can’t Challenge Ruling that Insurer Had No Duty to Defend March 31, 2022 By Jim Sams A victim of childhood sexual abuse cannot challenge a trial court’s decision that an insurer had no duty to defend...