Library Search

FAQ   Summaries of Law   Dictionary

• City of Littleton, Wallis, and Insurance For Multi-Year Liability Claims ( February 2000 )
  William J. Brady and Lisa K. Mayers of Grimshaw & Harring, P.C.

  Recently the Colorado Supreme Court decided two important cases arising in the environmental insurance coverage context. The decisions are expected to have a major impact on the availability of insurance coverage for Colorado policyholders.

• Gun Distributor Misfires in Bid for Insurance Coverage ( December 2000 )
  Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

  This alert reviews four decisions that discuss whether an insurer has a duty to defend a distributor of handguns under contracts for general liability insurance. The different conclusions reached in these cases demonstrate the importance of forum selection and choice of law.

• Employer Liability for Employee Conduct ( May 2000 )
  Lisa  Mann of Modrall Sperling

  Employers are well familiar with the fact that they are being sued for the acts of their employees. In increasing numbers of cases, however, employers are being confronted with lawsuits against their employees. The employees then usually turn to the employer, requesting the employer to pay for the defense of the lawsuit and, if an adverse result ensues, for any damages assessed against the employee.

• Wisconsin Supreme Court Finds No Coverage in A Misrepresentation Case ( March 2000 )
  Cook & Franke S.C.

  On June 22, 1999, in Smith v. Katz, the Wisconsin Supreme Court held the West Bend Mutual Insurance Company ("West.

• Primer on Insurance Law ( January 2000 )
  Christopher J. Enge of Law Offices of Christopher J. Enge

  This article seeks to explain, in plain language, the step-by-step method attorneys and insurance professionals use to analyze a policy; to explain some of the technical terms; and introduce basic insurance law concepts.

• Insurer's Wrongful Failure to Defend Gives Rise to Breach of Contract Action ( December 1999 )
  Steven E. Leder of Niles, Barton & Wilmer, LLP

  In Mesmer v. MAIF, No. 50 Sept. Term, 1966 (filed 3/11/99) Maryland's highest court held that an insurer's refusal .

• Insurer's Duty to Defend its Insureds ( September 1999 )
  Greer & Alles, PLC

  Refusal To Defend Or Settle And Reservation of Rights Generally, liability insurers owe three separate duties.

• Confronting Issues in Insurance Coverage-Introduction ( August 1999 )
  Brobeck Phleger & Harrison LLP

  What follows is a details discussion of some common issues that arise in insurance litigation and the effect of some new rulings on those issues.

• Products Liability Update: Two California Supreme Court Decisions in Favor of Insurers ( November 1998 )
  Brobeck Phleger & Harrison LLP

  This products liability report deals with two recent California Supreme Court decisions affecting insurance coverage.