BREAKING NEWS: SIXTH CIRCUIT UPHOLDS HEALTH CARE STATUTE, BECOMING THE FIRST...
If you have been following my blog posts for the last half year, you know I have been predicting that the Sixth Circuit was poised to become the first appellate court in the country to rule on the...
View ArticleSIXTH CIRCUIT’S JUNE 29 DECISION UPHOLDING THE HEALTH CARE STATUTE IS...
In our BREAKING NEWS item on Wednesday, we were one of the first legal blogs to report on and analyze the Sixth Circuit’s high profile opinion in Thomas More Law Center, et al. v. Obama, et al. (Sixth...
View ArticleNo Umbrella Coverage in Asbestos Case
On Monday, the Sixth Circuit affirmed dismissal of insurance coverage claims against an umbrella insurer for defense costs associated with asbestos claims. Federal-Mogul v. Continental Casualty, No....
View ArticleCourt Defines “Subcontractor” And Finds Insurance Coverage
This week, the Court interpreted a commonly-litigated ”your work” insurance exclusion found in most commercial general liability policies. The Court’s holding didn’t go as far as the plaintiff wanted,...
View ArticleSixth Circuit to Decide Whether Settlement of an Insurance Policy for Less...
In The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company v. National Union Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburgh, et al., Goodyear sought reimbursement from its directors and officers liability policies issued by...
View ArticleSixth Circuit Vacates Jury’s Verdict and Award of $2 Million in Punitive Damages
In The Heil Co. v. Evanston Insurance Co. (No. 11-6252), the Sixth Circuit vacated a jury’s verdict and its award of $2 million in punitive damages in favor of The Heil Company. The lawsuit arose out...
View ArticleSixth Circuit Reaffirms Strict Reading of Liability Insurance Contracts
In Goodyear v. Nat’l Union Fire Ins., Goodyear sought recovery from two of its insurers for fees and costs incurred defending against an SEC investigation and a class action initiated after the...
View ArticleClass Action Claim Against Insurer Dismissed For Lack of Jurisdiction
After settling with the original defendant, the plaintiffs in a class action sued the defendant’s insurance company over a $2 million policy. The insurer won summary judgment and the plaintiffs...
View ArticleSixth Circuit Reviews the Contours of Jurisdiction in Declaratory Judgments
Earlier this week, the Sixth Circuit upheld a Michigan district court’s decision that a commercial general-liability insurance policy did not cover a short-term worker injured at a farmer’s market in...
View ArticleInsurance Won’t Have To Pay Claim For Fire In Basement Pot-Growing Operation
Earlier this week, in Nationwide Mutual Fire Ins. Co. v. McDermott, the Sixth Circuit affirmed a district court’s determination that damages from a butane fire in a basement marijuana lab would not be...
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