Gozdziak Presents First-Party Property Case Law Update To CNA
August 18, 2009
Clausen Miller partner Thomas Gozdziak made a presentation to nearly 30 property insurance professionals at CNA. The presentation, titled "Case Law Update: Property Claims Law," addressed almost 60 recent decisions from 2008 and 2009 on various first-party property issues, including:
-denial letters -concurrent causation
-examinations under oath -anti-concurrent causation clauses
-overhead and profit -actual repair costs
-actual cash value -misrepresentation
-insurable interest -business interruption
-financial interest -other insurance
-replacement cost -all risk insurance is not a maintenance contract
-duty to cooperate -ordinance or law exclusion
-physical damage -lost rents
-collapse -extra expense
-valuation -spoliation of evidence
-increased cost of construction coverage
-vacant and unoccupied property exclusion
-right to examine insured's tax records
For more information on this presentation or the topics discussed, please contact Tom at 312-606-7853 or tgozdziak@clausen.com.
