Showing all results for category “insurance defense”

Esposito Writes on Pharmacists’ Duties

Not Just Bottle-Fillers: Pharmacists’ New Duty to Protect Patient’s Health Care Coverage

Progress does not come cheap, a fact no more evident than in the field of pharmacology.  The progress, of course,

Clausen Miller Attorneys Named 2018 Leading Lawyers and Emerging Lawyers

The Law Bulletin Publishing Company, through its subsidiary Leading Lawyers of Chicago, has named 24 Clausen Miller attorneys Leading Lawyers and two attorneys Emerging Lawyers for 2018.

2018 Leading Lawyers

• Ivar R.

Amy Paulus Named Leading Insurance Lawyer in Illinois for 2018

The Law Bulletin Publishing Company, through its subsidiary Leading Lawyers of Chicago, has named Clausen Miller Shareholder Amy Paulus a 2018 Top Insurance-Related Lawyer in Illinois.

Amy is the Liability Coverage and Reinsurance Practice Group Leader,

Esposito Writes on Special Relationships in Tort

Schools’ Duty to Prevent Suicides: A New Special Relationship

It was a classic movie scene.  Karl Malden, playing a fire-and-brimstone preacher in Disney’s Pollyanna, has his flock squirming as his builds to his climatic line: “Death comes unexpectedly!

Feldman and Stewart Successful at the Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals

California partners Ian R. Feldman and Meredith D. Stewart secured a dismissal of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ (the “Corps”) claim for over $560,000 in excess reprocurement costs against a subcontractor client arising out of the installation of 2,273 window treatments at the Department of Veteran Affairs Medical Center in Aurora,

Malicious Prosecution Coverage Triggers From the Start

By Don R. Sampen, published, Chicago Daily Law Bulletin 

May 29, 2018

The 1st District Appellate Court recently held that the coverage trigger date for the “offense” of malicious prosecution is the commencement of the prosecution against the claimant,

10th Circuit Holds Damage To Insured’s Work Caused By Subcontractor’s Faulty Workmanship A Covered “Occurrence” Under New York Law

In Black & Veatch Corp. v. Aspen Ins. (UK) Ltd., No. 16-3359, 2018 U.S. App. LEXIS 3342, 2018 WL 843284 (10th Cir. 2018), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit,

Mortgagee Entitled to Coverage Even if Insured’s Standing is Void

By Don R. Sampen, published, Chicago Daily Law Bulletin 

May 29, 2018

The 1st District Appellate Court recently held that the mortgagee on property covered by a homeowner’s policy was entitled to coverage for fire damage,

What’s Next Now That The Restatement Of Liability Insurance Was Approved?

By:  Colleen A. Beverly

Lawyers must stand up for the integrity of the law.  Both the insurance industry and policyholders must fight any court’s inclination to rely upon the final Restatement of the Law of Liability Insurance (the Restatement) to the extent it contravenes the common law,

Breach of Defense Duty Found Despite Insurer Argument

By Don R. Sampen, published, Chicago Daily Law Bulletin
[May 14, 2018]

The 5th District Appellate Court recently held that an insurer breached its duty to defend despite the fact that it paid more than $1 million in defense costs under a reservation.