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Timestamp: 2019-04-20 18:23:30+00:00

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SAN FRANCISCO — An assignee of insureds on April 9 sued an insurer and an insurance broker in a California court, seeking to recover a $2,328,381 default judgment that was entered against the insureds in an underlying personal injury lawsuit (Maria Isabel Felix v. North American Specialty Insurance Co., et al., No. 19-575198, Calif. Super., San Francisco Co.).
RICHMOND, Va. — An insured recently asked the Fourth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals to reverse a lower federal court's finding that its insurer has no duty to defend it against an underlying trademark infringement suit (Synaptek Corporation v. Sentinel Insurance Company, No. 18-968, E.D. Va., 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 199008).
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — An influential former county commissioner and a mining project she allegedly sank through knowingly false statements to current county officials recently briefed a Florida court (Maggy Hurchalla, et al. v. Homeowners Choice Property & Casualty Insurance Co. Inc., No. 4D18-2740, 4D18-2935, 4D18-1221, Fla. App., 4th Dist.).
ATLANTA — An insurance agency recently asked a Georgia appeals court to reverse a $398,132.76 jury verdict in favor of an insurer in the insurer’s lawsuit alleging that the agency breached an agreement when it bound the insurer to cover a mall without first referring the insurance application to the insurer’s underwriting department (Sidney C. Cox Insurance Agency, Inc. v. Southern Trust Insurance Company, No. A19A1114, Ga. App.).
ST. LOUIS — A beneficiary to preneed cemetery trust argues on April 5 to a Missouri federal judge that the special deputy receiver (SDR) for three insolvent insurers does not establish that a merchandise and services trust has belonged to the estate from the beginning of the receivership proceeding while a trustee on the same day did not dispute the SDR (Winner Road Properties LLC v. BMO Harris Bank, N.A. v. Jo Ann Howard & Associates, P.C., No. 16-1395, E.D. Mo.).
HELENA, Mont. — A workers’ compensation insurer’s discussions with its insureds did not create a duty to prevent an employee’s exposure to asbestos, a W.R. Grace & Co. insurer and its amicus curiae tell the Montana Supreme Court in March 21 briefs (Maryland Casualty Co. v. The Asbestos Claims Court, et al., No. OP 19-0051, Mont. Sup.).
CHICAGO — An insurance company on Jan. 22 filed a brief in the Seventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals contending that it does not owe coverage to Emmis Communications Corp. because the policy the insurer issued “unambiguously excludes coverage” for litigation related to Emmis’ attempt to make the company privately held (Emmis Communications Corporation v. Illinois National Insurance Company, No. 18-3392, 7th Cir.).
RICHMOND, Va. — An insured recently asked the Fourth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals to reverse a federal court’s finding that an alleged advertising injury regarding its use of a trademark is substantially the same over time without any meaningful interruption and, therefore, is not covered under its businessowners liability and commercial umbrella insurance policies (Pennsylvania National Mutual Casualty Insurance Co. v. Beach Mart, Inc., 18-1285, 4th Cir.).
DETROIT — In a Michigan federal court lawsuit filed by a putative class of farmers against crop insurers and the federal agencies that reinsure them, the agencies argue in their April 1 summary judgment motion that they are not liable for the farmers’ loss of revenue protection in 2015 (Gregory Ackerman, et al. v. U.S. Department of Agriculture, et al., No. 17-11779, E.D. Mich.).
ST. LOUIS — In a breach of fiduciary duty case, the special deputy receiver (SDR) for three insolvent insurers in a March 27 brief tells a Missouri federal judge that a merchandise and services trust has belonged to the estate from the beginning of the receivership proceeding (Winner Road Properties LLC v. BMO Harris Bank, N.A. v. Jo Ann Howard & Associates, P.C., No. 16-1395, E.D. Mo.).
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — An insurance fund and a railroad company on March 25 submitted their post-trial briefs to an Illinois federal court addressing alter-ego and de facto merger claims over payment for mine subsidence damages in their reinsurance coverage dispute (Illinois Mine Subsidence Insurance Fund v. Union Pacific Railroad Co., No. 17-3199, C.D. Ill.).

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