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The Connecticut Appellate Court recently affirmed a lower court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of an insurer based on its determination that the insured breached the insurance policy’s cooperation clause by failing to provide copies of requested tax returns. 

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Read More Connecticut Appellate Court Affirms Summary Judgment In Favor of Insurer Due to Insured’s Failure to Cooperate

A federal judge in New Orleans has defaulted a defendant, Taishan Gypsum Company, in a products liability class action lawsuit.  The Judge held Taishan Gypsum in default because it failed to respond to a class action complaint.  Taishan Gypsum allegedly is one of the largest manufacturers of Chinese drywall. 

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Read More Chinese Drywall – Federal Judge Issues Default Against Chinese Drywall Manufacturer

An insurer represented by Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge attorneys John Hughes and Julia Ulrich was recently granted summary judgment by the Connecticut Superior Court in a lawsuit involving a claim for uninsured motorist coverage, and also alleging common law and statutory bad faith against the insurer. 

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Read More Connecticut Superior Court Grants Summary Judgment for Insurer in Lawsuit Involving Uninsured Motor Vehicle Claim and Common Law and Statutory Bad Faith Claims

A Connecticut district court recently awarded summary judgment in favor of an insurance company due to the insured’s failure to cooperate in the insurer’s investigation of a claim. 

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Read More Connecticut Federal Court Awards Summary Judgment in Favor of Insurer Due to Insured’s Failure to Cooperate

As previously discussed here,  and here, the estate of Amanda Satterfield brought suit against Alcoa for her death from mesothelioma at the age of 25.  The suit alleged that her death was the result of secondhand exposure to asbestos clinging to her father’s work clothes, who was an Alcoa employee. 

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Read More Secondhand Asbestos Lawsuit Settled After Decision by Tennessee Supreme Court

A Connecticut trial court recently awarded judgment, following a bench trial, in favor of an insured who sought coverage from her insurance company for her vehicle after it was stolen and destroyed by fire. 

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Read More Connecticut Trial Court Awards Judgment in Favor of Insured and Rejects Insurer’s Theory That Insured’s Lack of Income Was Motive For Loss Where Insured Had Other Assets

The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin recently held that a beneficiary of a trust has standing to sue the life insurance carrier to collect policy benefits on an accidental death policy. 

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Read More Trust Beneficiary Has Standing To Sue Life Insurance Carrier To Collect Policy Benefits

In Fidelity & Deposit Co., et al. v. Douglas Asphalt Co., et al., No. 09-10919 (11th Cir. Jul. 28, 2009), the Eleventh Circuit affirmed the District Court’s judgment in favor of the insurers, who sought to recover from their insured payments made under payment and performance bonds when the insured allegedly defaulted and failed to complete a project. 

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Read More Eleventh Circuit Affirms Judgment In Favor of Contractor’s Insurers, Finding No Bad Faith

The Connecticut Supreme Court recently reversed a judgment that had been in favor of an automobile insurer in a breach of contract action brought by glass repair companies who had been assigned the rights of the defendant’s insureds. …
Read More Connecticut Supreme Court Finds Automobile Insurance Policy Language Ambiguous

Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge’s Insurance and Reinsurance Department recently published its latest Newsletter, Insurance & Reinsurance Review – September 2009, which contains nine articles about various topics in the insurance and reinsurance industry. …
Read More Insurance & Reinsurance Review – September 2009