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Jury finds no written contract with insurance agent – Defense verdict (access required)

October 26, 2018 Comments Off on Jury finds no written contract with insurance agent – Defense verdict (access required)

Plaintiff’s house burned down. The homeowner’s carrier denied the claim for a material misrepresentation in the application. Plaintiff denied a bankruptcy in the application. Plaintiff had filed for bankruptcy on Sept. 14, 2014. Plaintiff filled out the homeowner’s application on ...

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Policy covers damage from concrete “smoke” (access required)

September 17, 2018 Comments Off on Policy covers damage from concrete “smoke” (access required)

Under Virginia law, “smoke” composed of suspended particulate matter caused by concrete dust qualified for an exception to the “pollution exclusion” in the insured company’s policy. Background In this insurance coverage dispute, Plaintiff Allied Property & Casualty Insurance Co. and ...

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Misrepresentations void policy for airplane damage (access required)

September 7, 2018 Comments Off on Misrepresentations void policy for airplane damage (access required)

A policy covering the defendant’s airplane was void ab initio based on his false statements about the status and location of the plane. He’d sought last-minute coverage for his already-dilapidated plane as Hurricane Matthew approached, then filed a claim for ...

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Policy covers damage from concrete “smoke” (access required)

September 7, 2018 Comments Off on Policy covers damage from concrete “smoke” (access required)

Under Virginia law, “smoke” composed of suspended particulate matter caused by concrete dust qualified for an exception to the “pollution exclusion” in the insured company’s policy. Background In this insurance coverage dispute, Plaintiff Allied Property & Casualty Insurance Co. and ...

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Allstate offers limits to man shot in head by friend – $300,000 Verdict (access required)

September 4, 2018 Comments Off on Allstate offers limits to man shot in head by friend – $300,000 Verdict (access required)

The plaintiff in this case was negligently shot by a friend who was playing with a handgun. The victim was airlifted to INOVA Fairfax Hospital. The shooter pled guilty to the reckless handling of a firearm in violation of Virginia ...

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4th Cir.: Each wrongly fired officer was a distinct insurance claim (access required)

August 3, 2018 Comments Off on 4th Cir.: Each wrongly fired officer was a distinct insurance claim (access required)

The district court erred in finding that three police officers, fired in retaliation for their joint action, represented a single claim for municipal insurance purposes. Thus, the per-claim policy limit applied to each officer individually, rather than the trio as ...

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Va. Cir.: Carrier has no lien on claimant’s third-party settlement (access required)

July 13, 2018 Comments Off on Va. Cir.: Carrier has no lien on claimant’s third-party settlement (access required)

A workers’ compensation carrier has no lien for a negotiated lump-sum settlement of a claimant›s future benefits in a tort action against a third party. Under Noblin v. Randolf Corp., 180 Va. 345 (1942), and Slusher v. Paramount Warrior, 336 F. Supp. ...

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EDVA: Vandalized hotel can try denied insurance claim (access required)

July 10, 2018 Comments Off on EDVA: Vandalized hotel can try denied insurance claim (access required)

Genuine disputes of material fact precluded summary judgment as to whether an insurance company improperly denied coverage for property damage after vandals cut a water line in a hotel undergoing renovations. The insurer claimed that the hotel owners had misrepresented ...

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