by Anthony Antonellis | Sep 30, 2019
Cases Wenda Aquino v. United Property & Casualty Insurance Co INNOCENT CO-INSURED DOCTRINE: Must an insurer compensate an innocent co-insured in full even if another co-insured caused the loss via an intentional act? On Friday morning, October 4, the highest...
by Anthony Antonellis | Sep 23, 2019
Cases Choice of Law: Pitzer College v. Indian Harbor Ins Co. Last week, THE SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA concluded that California’s common law late notice-prejudice rule is fundamental public policy for the purpose of choice of law analysis. Note that the California’s...
by Anthony Antonellis | Sep 23, 2019
Cases Made Whole Doctrine: Daniels v. State Farm The Supreme Court of Washington this week declared a broad interpretation of the MADE WHOLE DOCTRINE (please see below). “Subrogation is the right that one party has against a third party following the payment, in...
by Anthony Antonellis | Sep 21, 2019
Cases Stacking: Cross, Brady, and Redfield v. Warren, Grass Chopper LLC, et al. The Montana Supreme Court recently held that plaintiffs could not “stack” third-party liability coverages for each of the defendant’s vehicles and that anti-stacking policy provisions do...
by Anthony Antonellis | Sep 21, 2019
Cases Statute of Limitations: Oswald v. Southern Central Ins. Co. The Minnesota Court of Appeals recently issued an opinion in Oswald v. Southern Central Insurance Co., enforcing a one year statute of limitations provision which reminds attorneys, adjusters, and...
