all - Opinion Summaries

SHAFER v. BERGER, KAHN, SHAFTON, MOSS, FIGLER, SIMON & GLADSTONE

Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Insurance Law
An attorney, who is retained by an insurance company to provide coverage advice in a lawsuit against its insured, may be held liable to the plaintiff...

LAWLER v. FIREMAN'S FUND INS. CO.

Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
Where underinsured motorist (UIM) coverage arose by operation of Ohio law, a claim to UIM benefits under a general liability insurance policy was not...

AID ASS'N FOR LUTHERANS, INC. v. U.S. POSTAL SERV.

Administrative Law, Government Law, Insurance Law, Tax-exempt Organizations
Regulations construing an amendment to the Postal Reorganization Act, 39 U.S.C. section 3626(j)(1)(B), as barring use of a reduced postage rate for...

HUMANA WORKERS' COMP. SERVS. v. HOME EMERGENCY SERVS., INC.

Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law, Product Liability, Workers' Compensation
Plain language of an employers' liability insurance policy applying to "bodily injury by accident" did not provide coverage for a claim of negligent...

DE GREZIA v. SUPERIOR COURT OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY (BLUE CROSS OF CALIFORNIA)

Health Law, Insurance Law
A party who rescinds a contract with an arbitration clause may not later demand arbitration, thus the trial court's order compelling arbitration is...

GREGSON v. ZURICH AM. INS. CO.

Administrative Law, Contracts, Health Law, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
An employee need not initiate and exhaust administrative remedies through the Texas Workers' Compensation Commission when an insurance carrier who...

KOIKOS v. TRAVELERS INS. CO.

Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Property Law & Real Estate
When an insured restaurant owner was sued based on negligent failure to provide adequate security, under the terms of the general liability insurance...

GUILLEN v. POTOMAC INS. CO. OF ILLINOIS

Contracts, Insurance Law
Where an insurer failed to maintain the "proof of mailing" required under Illinois Insurance Code section 143.17a(b) in attempting to modify a policy...

FELDMAN v. ALLSTATE INS. CO.

Evidence, Insurance Law
Admission of illegally-recorded conversations (under California law) was erroneous, in an action alleging that an insurer breached the implied...

AUTO EUROPE, LLC v. CONNECTICUT INDEM. CO.

Civil Procedure, Consumer Protection Law, Contracts, Insurance Law
Maine was the proper venue for a dispute over whether an insurance company has a duty to defend in a pending consumer fraud suit, and the insurer had...