A Washington federal court ruled that an insurer failed to overcome the presumption of no attorney-client privilege in a bad-faith dispute, ordering the production of its entire claim file.
The Ninth Circuit affirmed summary judgment for an insurer, ruling that unambiguous lending exclusions in a commercial liability policy bar coverage for Pacific Premier Bancorp Inc. and Pacific Premier Bank in litigation alleging they prolonged a real estat...
DETROIT (LN) — The Michigan Court of Appeals vacated a trial court’s order striking an insurer’s rescission defense, holding that the sanction was disproportionately harsh for a technical discovery violation that did not prejudice the plaintiff’s ability to...
A Northern District of Texas judge rejected Travelers Personal Insurance Company’s attempt to use Rule 33(d) to avoid answering contention interrogatories in an insurance underpayment dispute, while denying plaintiffs’ motion to extend an expert-report dead...
A federal magistrate judge ruled that insurers and Belong Inc. never formed a binding contract because they failed to agree on material terms, including the scope of the release and payment deadlines.
A federal judge ruled that an insurer owes no duty to defend a reproductive genetics lab against a class action alleging deceptive advertising, holding that marketing misrepresentations do not constitute professional services or bodily injury under the policy.
A medical provider can seek unpaid personal protection insurance benefits from a lower-priority carrier once a higher-priority insurer’s capped coverage is exhausted, the Michigan Court of Appeals held Wednesday.
A federal judge in New Mexico ruled that an excess insurer acting as a subrogee cannot recover punitive damages or treble statutory damages beyond the amounts it actually disbursed to settle the underlying lawsuit.
A Northern District of California magistrate judge ruled that excess insurers must produce group communications involving primary carrier CNA and file their privilege logs publicly, finding the common interest doctrine did not shield the materials.
A federal judge in Florida has delayed a ruling on an insurer’s motion for summary judgment, ordering supplemental briefing on a state appellate split over whether replacement cost coverage is payable before repairs are completed.
The New Jersey Supreme Court held that a D&O insurer properly denied coverage for an executive’s self-dealing through an uninsured entity, ruling that the policy’s capacity exclusion barred coverage regardless of whether the insurer forfeited its right...
A Utah senior-living operator and the family of a man killed when his wheelchair tipped in a facility vehicle agreed to a $4 million consent judgment — then tried to use it to force the insurer to pay.
The state's highest court ruled that an insured cannot bypass a policy's appraisal clause by alleging the insurer acted in bad faith or by arguing the dispute involves coverage rather than the amount of loss.
A Philadelphia federal judge rescinded a commercial insurance policy after holding that the contractor that obtained it supplied fictitious contact information and then disappeared when personal-injury suits arrived.
A Washington Court of Appeals panel held that a health insurer’s blanket exclusion for obesity-related treatments may violate state nondiscrimination laws, allowing a class action to proceed.
A Washington appeals court held that Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Washington’s blanket exclusion of obesity treatments does not automatically shield the insurer from disability discrimination claims.
WASHINGTON (LN) — The Justice Department argued Monday that the Noerr-Pennington doctrine should not protect 16 insurance companies from antitrust liability in a California class action alleging a group boycott of homeowners before the 2025 wildfires.
A New Jersey appellate panel tackled the state's two-year-old Insurance Fair Conduct Act for the first time, ruling that the statute's novel private right of action does not automatically entitle policyholders to pursue bad faith discovery while an underlyi...
The Sixth Circuit, sitting en banc, on Friday reversed class certification for roughly 90,000 Tennessee State Farm customers challenging the insurer's "typical negotiation" adjustment for totaled vehicles, holding that individualized fair-market-value deter...
The Ninth Circuit reversed the district court’s dismissal of a declaratory judgment action brought by the County of San Bernardino against the Insurance Company of the State of Pennsylvania, holding that the insurer’s annual aggregate limit does not apply t...