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Portland, Oregon insurance coverage lawyer & attorney David Rossmiller of Dunn Carney Law Firm.
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'Tis the season to be politicking
From Insurance Coverage Law Blog, 7 month ago, Read 0 times. Similar articles
In perusing this article and this article in the Insurance Journal I was struck by the differences between the everyday understanding of an insurance contract and the understanding I have been gaining through working with them in the legal system. Senator Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut, who to his credit wants to save money for his constituents, has in my opinion put State Farm and other insurance companies into a really unfortunate position. The article says:
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Goodnight Irene
From Insurance Coverage Law Blog, 8 month ago, Read 0 times. Similar articles
Chad Hemenway is out with a new piece on PropertyCasualty360.com about Hurricane Irene and whether we will see any wind vs. water or anti-concurrent cause litigation. His verdict: no. The damage is mostly just flood damage.
Of course, that didn't stop cases such In Re Katrina Canal Breaches Litigation from happening several years back when New Orleans flooded due to storm surge. The essence of those consolidated cases was the contention that...
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A quick missing link
From Insurance Coverage Law Blog, 10 month ago, Read 0 times. Similar articles
In searching for a topic that could wake me up and get my brain flowing this Monday morning I got a bit sidetracked looking at this article on Above the Law. (As a side note, if you never surf that site, Above the Law is always good for some laughs . . . and some tears).
Anyway, looking at the claims of Thomas Jefferson somehow lead to an actual insurance topic. Sallie Mae is now entering the world of tuition insurance. Tuition insurance provides coverage for students' tuition when they are...
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Made for TV
From Insurance Coverage Law Blog, 10 month ago, Read 0 times. Similar articles
In April, when I first saw an article about Worker's Comp, a TV show pilot following the inner-workings of an insurance company, I couldn't believe there was enough humor to base an entire comedy series on the topic. Today, I stand corrected. After seeing this blog post on InsuranceQuotes, and being incredibly amused by the thought of someone coughing their way to $1 million, I did a little digging. Turns out people have attempted some crazy (read...
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Additional Insurance: When "Ongoing Operations" Coverage Extends To Damages After Completion
From Insurance Coverage Law Blog, 11 month ago, Read 0 times. Similar articles
One of the areas of insurance coverage law that can make a legitimate claim to being the most challenging is the area of problems arising out of additional insured status. Additional insurance is frequently required in the construction industry by general contractors, and additional insurance arrangements are extremely common. This involves the GC requiring a subcontractor to add the GC to the subcontractor's insurance policy as an insured to the extent the GC becomes liable for the...
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Dumbing down analysis with dictionaries
From Insurance Coverage Law Blog, 11 month ago, Read 0 times. Similar articles
Generally in insurance analysis when I see a court resort to a dictionary definition to interpret a word or phrase in a policy I figure what's going to follow will be a fairly facile, superficial explanation. Usually that's the way it works out.
The New York Times explores what it says is an increasing reliance on dictionary definitions in U.S. Supreme Court opinions. In May alone, justices cited dictionary definitions eight times, and not always for big words.
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Give the ABA a pat on the back
From Insurance Coverage Law Blog, 11 month ago, Read 0 times. Similar articles
It was a rude awakening when I graduated law school and was faced with the realization that schools were able to beat the system and were not being totally honest when they report extremely high percentages of students with jobs after graduation. I remember hearing that Michigan students were well over 90% successful at finding a job before or soon after graduation. From what I could see in my own class, that wasn't the...
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Blogging, branding and the free-gap
From Insurance Coverage Law Blog, 11 month ago, Read 0 times. Similar articles
Seth Godin has some insights on game theory, the marketplace of ideas and the demand for free.
"Radio thirty years ago was simple: everyone hears it for free and a few buy it.
For a time, one could use free to promote an idea and have leverage to turn that attention into paid sales of a similar item (either because free went away or because the similar item offered convenience or souvenir value).
I think that might be changing. As the free-only cohort grows, people start to feel...
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The Missing Links
From Insurance Coverage Law Blog, 11 month ago, Read 0 times. Similar articles
Will he write boxer briefs' Following the example of Bruno Campos (see page 11) and others who left the spotlight to attend law school, Juan Diaz, former unified lightweight titlist, is starting at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth Law School.
More on boxers. Well, Sen. Boxer, and to be honest, the story isn't really about her. But, it made for a good segue. I remember starting law school and being told that the legal world would beg to employ...
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Contact David Rossmiller, managing editor
From Insurance Coverage Law Blog, 11 month ago, Read 0 times. Similar articles
David Rossmiller, managing editor of the Insurance Coverage Law Blog, is a partner at Dunn Carney who specializes in complex commercial litigation, particularly insurance recovery and insurance coverage litigation. David's insurance practice includes a broad range of issues: environmental property damage, errors and omissions and professional liability coverage, directors and officers liability, sex abuse coverage, construction defect, business interruption insurance, general commercial...
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