Margaret R. Miglietta In a new published opinion, the California Court of Appeal, Second Appellate District, upheld a trial court’s finding that submission of insurance claims may not constitute protected…
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Margaret R. Miglietta Hartford Casualty Insurance Co. v. Swift Distribution Inc., B234234, Oct. 29, 2012 Background Hartford Casualty Insurance Co. (Hartford) issued a general liability insurance policy including advertising injury…
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Larry Arnold In the recent case, Henderson v. Farms Group, Inc. (2012) D.J.D.A.R. 14801, the Court was confronted with the question of whether an insurer could deny a claim…
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Kevin J. Price Most insurance companies have a strong staff of property adjusters with heavy case loads. Sometimes they find that a case with good subrogation potential will slip through…
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Melody Mosley Technology innovation continues at Cummins & White. Attorneys can now conduct Examinations Under Oath online and in real time, eliminating costly and time-consuming travel. Insurance attorney Melody Mosley…
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Kevin J. Price How about this one for creating an awkward silence at a cocktail party: “Everyone knows that an insurance company can’t usually subrogate against its own insured.” Depending…
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Melody Mosley We often talk about what happens when a common fence blows down but we rarely talk about what happens when, against his neighbor's wishes, one neighbor cuts down…
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Larry Arnold According to the Ninth Circuit, in the unpublished opinion of Sierra Pacific Power Company v. Hartford Steam Boiler, perhaps not. The Ninth Circuit found that the policy exclusion…
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Margaret Miglietta Not if the facts establish that the owner had constructive knowledge as to how the apartment complex was being managed. Moreover, the insured owner cannot hide behind a…
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Margaret R. Miglietta A California court has ruled insurance companies must pay their insurance adjusters overtime. Pursuant to Wage Order 4-1998 and Wage Order 4-2001, regulations promulgated by California’s Industrial…
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