Whoever came up with the marketing slogan “everything is bigger in Texas” was probably not thinking of insurance law. Yet, as we are reminded by a recent Fifth Circuit opinion, the phrase may, under limited circumstances, describe …
The Motor Carriers of Property Permit Act requires certain motor carriers to maintain minimum liability coverage of $750,000 (“MCPPA” codified at Veh. Code, § 34600). Does this also require insurers to issue policies to those carriers with …
The Tennessee Supreme Court recently established a common law evidentiary privilege, specifically shielding defendant healthcare providers from being compelled to testify as to the standard of care applicable to other defendant healthcare …
A Philadelphia County recently awarded a $182.7 MM verdict, including $80 MM in pain and suffering damages, against the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, known as Penn Medicine. While larger medical malpractice jury verdicts are …
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has rejected an attempt to upend long-standing Pennsylvania and common law by declining to extend liability for service of alcohol to visibly intoxication people to any person. The argument made by …
2023 has been a busy year for data privacy regulation, with the passage of privacy laws in six new states (Indiana, Iowa, Montana, Oregon, Tennessee, and Texas). Other developments are also worth spotlighting for current and prospective …
In a recent case of first impression, the New Jersey Appellate Division held in the published decision of Alvin Singer v. Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc., d/b/a Lexus, 2023 WL 4278764 that a motor vehicle recall …
Statewide Insurance Fund v. Star Insurance Company, 253 N.J. 119 (2023) involved an insurance coverage dispute between a public entity joint insurance fund (JIF) and Star Insurance Company (Star), a commercial general liability insurance company.
In baseball and softball, when a runner arrives at a base at the same time as the ball, the runner is thought to be safe. In other words, a tie goes to …
After two failed attempts in 2010 and 2016 to enact a version of Model Rule of Professional Conduct, Rule 8.3, otherwise known as the “Snitch Rule,” the California Supreme Court has approved a version of Rule …
Two Texas cases fortuitously reported on back-to-back days brilliantly illustrate the counterintuitive, contentious, and consequential labeling of Texas claims as Health Care Liability Claims (“HCLCs”) or non-HCLCs. An HCLC designation is important because it …
