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4 11, 2024

Maryland Fears Mobile Home Values Will Shrink as Insurance Disappears

By | November 4th, 2024|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Maryland Fears Mobile Home Values Will Shrink as Insurance Disappears

Owners of mobile and manufactured homes in Maryland’s coastal communities and their insurance agents are having difficulty finding insurance coverage as carriers pull away from the market. The problem is squeezing owners who want to sell their mobile or manufactured …

8 10, 2024

No Sovereign Immunity for Virginia City or Truck Driver In-Between Garbage Pick-Ups

By | October 8th, 2024|Uncategorized|Comments Off on No Sovereign Immunity for Virginia City or Truck Driver In-Between Garbage Pick-Ups

The Virginia Court of Appeals has ruled that a trial court erred in finding that a garbage truck driver and the city of Chesapeake were shielded by sovereign immunity for their role in an accident caused by the truck driver …

20 09, 2024

Insurers End ‘Cats’ Fight

By | September 20th, 2024|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Insurers End ‘Cats’ Fight

Two insurers have settled their dispute over coverage for an employee of the touring company for the musical “Cats” who was seriously injured on the set at a Providence theater in 2019. The Providence Performing Arts Center (PPAC) employee was …

17 09, 2024

Real Estate Firm’s D&O Not Available for Defense in RealPage Antitrust Lawsuit

By | September 17th, 2024|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Real Estate Firm’s D&O Not Available for Defense in RealPage Antitrust Lawsuit

A property management firm’s excess insurers are not obligated to defend it in multi-district price-fixing litigation involving use of the real estate software RealPage. A federal district judge in Massachusetts found that the terms of Windsor Property Management Co.’s primary …

25 06, 2024

New York Issues Guidance for Insurers on Insuring Affordable Housing

By | June 25th, 2024|Uncategorized|Comments Off on New York Issues Guidance for Insurers on Insuring Affordable Housing

New York has issued guidance to commercial insurers that they are prohibited from inquiring about or making coverage decisions based on a property’s status as an affordable housing development or a tenant’s source of income. The guidance from the New …

14 06, 2024

Judge Blasts Liberty Mutual in Declaring He Will Not Disqualify Because He’s an Insured

By | June 14th, 2024|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Judge Blasts Liberty Mutual in Declaring He Will Not Disqualify Because He’s an Insured

­­A federal judge in New Jersey, in a blistering opinion, has refused to disqualify himself from a case involving his insurer, Liberty Mutual, and accused the insurer of seeking his recusal and attacking his integrity because it did not like …

11 06, 2024

Port of Baltimore Channel Reopens Fully to Commercial Maritime Traffic

By | June 11th, 2024|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Port of Baltimore Channel Reopens Fully to Commercial Maritime Traffic

Seventy-six days after it was blocked by the collapse of the Key Bridge, the major shipping channel through the Port of Baltimore has been cleared of debris and restored to allow commercial maritime transit. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers …

11 06, 2024

Massachusetts High Court Reverses, Says Uber Can Force Paralyzed Rider to Arbitrate

By | June 11th, 2024|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Massachusetts High Court Reverses, Says Uber Can Force Paralyzed Rider to Arbitrate

Uber can require that a passenger seriously injured in a crash involving an Uber driver go to arbitration over his $63 million damages claim without a trial, the highest court in Massachusetts has ruled, overturning a lower court. The Massachusetts …

7 06, 2024

Massachusetts Drivers Lose Second Bid for Class Certification Over Lost Resale Value

By | June 7th, 2024|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Massachusetts Drivers Lose Second Bid for Class Certification Over Lost Resale Value

Three Massachusetts drivers have hit a dead end for the second time in their drive for court certification of a class action against auto insurers over missing payments for the lost resale value of vehicles. Superior Court Justice Kenneth Salinger …

6 06, 2024

Should Judge Recuse Himself From Case Involving His Own Insurer?

By | June 6th, 2024|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Should Judge Recuse Himself From Case Involving His Own Insurer?

Liberty Mutual Insurance is pushing for a New Jersey federal judge to recuse himself from a construction insurance case because he did not disclose that he has been a long-time Liberty insured, a significant claimant, and investigated by the insurer …