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What's Hot in Workers' Comp
Florida Approves 8.4% Rate Decrease
February 1, 2023
by Linda Wagner Farrell
What's Hot in Workers' Comp
Florida District Court of Appeal upholds denial of benefits to a first responder for his claims of mental injuries from work-related trauma.
February 1, 2023
by Linda Wagner Farrell
A Two-Pronged Test Becomes One: Why the Superior Court's Venue Decision in Hangey Departs from Decades of Prior Precedent
January 31, 2023
by Michael A. Salvati
Legal Updates for Insurance Services
Pennsylvania Superior Court Addresses Stacking Waivers in Single Vehicle Policies
January 17, 2023
by Patricia A. Monahan
Discovery Rule Still Rules in Legal Malpractice Actions
January 12, 2023
by Dana A. Gittleman
Is Porsche Paving a New Sales Model or Will Dealerships Still Have a Collection of Cars?
January 11, 2023
Legal Updates for Insurance Services
Third Circuit Holds that Commercial Property Policies Do Not Provide Coverage for Businesses’ COVID-19 Closure Claims
January 9, 2023
by Todd J. Leon
Risk Management
Managing Liability for Videoconferencing While Driving
January 3, 2023
by Brad E. Haas
Case Law Alerts
Appellate court reverses trial court and enforces arbitration provision of equipment lease and transportation agreement.
January 1, 2023
Case Law Alerts
Court’s reasoning in overturning summary judgment in favor of defendant, finding an issue of fact as to whether plaintiff suffered a serious injury pursuant to NY Ins. Law § 5102, could open door to opposing summary judgment in liability cases.
January 1, 2023
Case Law Alerts
Uber Eats Driver Not Entitled to UIM Benefits Under Uber Eats' Insurance Policy
January 1, 2023
Case Law Alerts
Incident report prepared for a claims company “for the benefit of [the] insurer” falls within work production and is not discoverable.
January 1, 2023
Case Law Alerts
Superior Court grants motion to dismiss in action where a minor plaintiff was lured off a school bus by minor defendants and assaulted.
January 1, 2023
Case Law Alerts
Federal District Judge upholds objections to overly-broad discovery demands, noting that plaintiff could revise and narrow demands but declines to grant plaintiff specific relief.
January 1, 2023
Case Law Alerts
Work product privilege is waived where a party inadvertently produced incident report in discovery and delayed in asserting work product privilege.
January 1, 2023
Case Law Alerts
No Error in Ordering Repayment for Services Where Reimbursement Was Initially Denied Because CPT Code Billed Was Not Recognized by Medicate Part B or Workers' Compensation Fee Schedules - The Nature of the Service Controls, Not the Billed CPT Code
January 1, 2023
Case Law Alerts
Trial Court Erred in Dismissing Medical Provider-Assignee's Statement of Claim Alleging Breach of Contract by Insurer After Considering Judgment Entered Against a Named Insured in Declaratory Judgment Action to Which Provider Was Not a Party
January 1, 2023
Case Law Alerts
Defendant’s Motion for Summary Disposition/Judgment Granted Because Demand Letter Did Not Comply with Statute Where Ledger Attached to Demand Letter Reflected a Zero Dollar Balance
January 1, 2023
Case Law Alerts
Information Regarding Payments Made to Third Parties in the Course of Exhausting PIP Benefits is Discoverable - Such Payments Do Form the Basis of a Litigious Issue That is Not Frivolous
January 1, 2023
Case Law Alerts
New York Appellate Division, First Department Determined that a Gang Box Lid Falling on an Employee Would Not Be Considered a Violation Under New York Labor Law §240
January 1, 2023
What's Hot in Workers' Comp
What’s Hot In Workers’ Comp - News and Results*
January 1, 2023
What's Hot in Workers' Comp
Three times is the charm. The Appellate Court again addresses the abuse of workers’ compensation judges’ discretion in awarding fees, costs and penalties.
January 1, 2023
by Kristy Olivo Salvitti
Case Law Alerts
District court finds that whether suit is filed before or after the invocation of the appraisal process is not determinative of the insured’s right to fees.
January 1, 2023
Case Law Alerts
Summary Judgment Granted as Defendant Did Not Return to Status Quo After Failing to Issue Interest Owed on Premium Refund Check After Rescinding the Policy for Material Misrepresentation by the Insured
January 1, 2023
Case Law Alerts
The Court Found that the Plaintiff had no Triable Issue of Material Fact to Support a Claim of Gross Negligence Against the Defendant Fitness Facility.
January 1, 2023
by Sara W. Mazzolla
Legal Updates for Lawyers' Professional Liability
Legal Update for Lawyers’ Professional Liability - RESULTS & THOUGHT LEADERSHIP
January 1, 2023
Legal Updates for Lawyers' Professional Liability
Court agrees with application of the first-injury rule because the related bankruptcy case would not determine whether the defendant committed legal malpractice.
January 1, 2023
Legal Updates for Lawyers' Professional Liability
Legal professionals do not have a duty to intervene if they become aware that a client may be suicidal.
January 1, 2023
Case Law Alerts
Appellate Division finds that the plaintiffs lacked the requisite attorney-client relationship to pursue a legal malpractice action against the attorney defendants.
January 1, 2023
by Jeremy J. Zacharias RPLU
Case Law Alerts
An employer is not liable for failure to accommodate if the employee is responsible for the breakdown of the interactive process.
January 1, 2023
by Holly M. Hamilton
