Virginia Holds Determination Whether Insurer Acted In Bad Faith Must Be Made By The Judge And Not The Jury
This country’s courts are split on whether the decision to award attorney’s fees in bad faith …
Year: 2015
Texas Court: No Prejudice Required to Deny for Late Reporting Under a Claims-Made Policy
This summer in Nicholas Petroleum, Inc. v. Mid-Continent Cas. Co., 2015 WL 4456185, 2015 Tex. App. …
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Texas Supreme Court Declines Opportunity to Review Appellate Decision Clarifying Insurer’s Settlement Obligations In Multi-Plaintiff/Multi-Insured Context
Last year in Patterson, et al. v. Home State County Mut. Ins. Co., 2014 Tex. App. …
Eleventh Circuit Finds No Bad Faith in Multiple-Claimant Claims-Handing Situation
In a new decision, Mesa v. Clarendon National Ins. Co., 2015 WL 5059496, 2015 U.S. App. …
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Eastern District of Texas Rules that Insurer’s Delayed Acceptance of the Duty to Defend Constitutes a Breach of that Duty
In Yowell v. Seneca Specialty Ins. Co., 2015 WL 4575450, 2015 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 98719 (E.D.Tex., …
Colorado Supreme Court: Indefinite, Future Assignment of Insurance Proceeds Unenforceable Against Insurer
It is not uncommon for injured persons to assign their rights to insurance proceeds to a …
Alabama’s High Court: No Contract Means No Bad Faith
In many states, pleading and proving the existence of a valid contract is necessary for both …
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Sixth Circuit Refuses to Create a Cause of Action for Reverse Bad Faith
In an opinion handed down last week, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals refused to adopt …
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Indiana Court Dismisses Bad Faith Allegations and Praises Insurer for Timely Claims-Handling
A recent federal District Court decision from Indiana, Autumn Glen Homeowners Ass’n. v. Travelers Ind. Co. …
Cozen’s Melissa White to Speak at the 2015 CLM Annual Conference
The Claims and Litigation Management Alliance (CLM) is a national organization created to meet the needs …
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