INSURANCE: Because no named Defendant is an insured under residential construction policy involving convoluted business entities there is no coverage and insurer has no duty to defend against claim by trucker injured by falling bundle of posts… Vannatta. [Read more…]
Verdict, $12,500 (50/50 negligence) dog bite, sural nerve
VERDICT: $12,500 (50/50 negligence), dog bite, sural nerve. [Read more…]
Marital, 90-day residency, cure by “supplement”
MARITAL: 90-day residency defect in original petition cured by “supplement,” improperly dismissed for lack of jurisdiction… Eddy reversed (IOR I-3(c)). [Read more…]
$6,000 verdict, foot run over by pickup
VERDICT: $6,000, foot run over by pickup, admitted negligence, fractures/soft-tissue. [Read more…]
Insurance, collapsed deck, efficient proximate cause
INSURANCE: Efficient proximate cause of loss from collapsed deck was repeated seepage or leakage of water over extended time, an excluded peril. . . coverage denial reinforced by anti-concurrent clauses clause. . . Molloy. [Read more…]
$52,348 verdict, construction lien, no negligence
VERDICT: $52,348 for construction lien, no negligence on counterclaim. [Read more…]
Insurance, PL, prospective firefighter stroke
INSURANCE: Professional Liability Policy construed to cover massive stroke by prospective firefighter following physical ability test… Kutzman. [Read more…]
Defense verdict, insurance bad faith
VERDICT: Defense, insurance bad faith, violation of UTPA and common law but reasonable basis for handling whiplash claim, no fraud. [Read more…]
Probate, murder victim’s life insurance
PROBATE: Murdered woman’s father not entitled to share of settlement of $500,000 insurance reached by named [Read more…]
Probate, murder victim’s life insurance
PROBATE: Murdered woman’s father not entitled to share of settlement of $500,000 [Read more…]