INSURANCE: Pre-23 §33-18-242 does not preclude parking lot slip & fall Plaintiff from asserting causes other than statutory or common law bad faith (first impression)… insurer properly granted summary judgment on promissory estoppel, breach of contract, unjust enrichment, interference with economic advantage, constructive fraud., improperly granted on spoliation and equitable estoppel… Deschamps affirmed, reversed. [Read more…]
Arbitration confirmed/settled, vehicle service contract
ARBITRATION: $1,005,073.20 award for breach of service contract for failed vehicle transmission under Illinois Consumer Fraud Act confirmed (grown to $1,152,603 with interest 41 months after arbitration initiated), settled on appeal to Supreme Court for confidential amount… Marks. [Read more…]
$1,005,073.20, breach of vehicle service contract
VEHICLE SERVICE CONTRACT: $1,005,073.20, breach of service contract for failed vehicle transmission under Illinois Consumer Fraud Act… AAA. [Read more…]
Insurance, anti-concurrent cause, certified questions
INSURANCE: 9th Circuit certified questions as to effect of anti-concurrent cause clause vis-à-vis efficient proximate cause doctrine accepted… order. [Read more…]
Insurance, anti-concurrent cause, certified question
INSURANCE: Questions certified to Montana Supreme Court as to effect of anti-concurrent cause clause in policy vis-à-vis efficient proximate cause doctrine regarding claim of house settling damage due to water leak under slab which Watters determined was excluded by Earth Movement Exclusion… order. [Read more…]
$790,941 verdict, centerline sideswipe MVA
VERDICT: $790,941, centerline sideswipe by negligent per se semi-conscious diabetic, cervical spine, brainstem, concussion. [Read more…]
Insurance, “sudden” water damage to RV wall
INSURANCE: Water damage to RV wall constitutes covered “sudden damage” under policy language… Vannatta reversed. [Read more…]