Category Archives: Coverage

January 10
2022

Should an Insurer be satisfied with favorable, yet adverse, jury verdict even though the Trial Court erred in a way that precluded directed verdict in favor of the Insurance Carrier?

An insurance coverage dispute proceeded to a 6-day federal jury trial in Miami, Florida in November 2019. The Insured claimed that certain damages to engines on its motor vessel were covered under a marine insurance policy. The insured produced numerous … Read full post…

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December 13
2012

Southern District of Florida: Corrosion to insured property is not property damage under a CGL policy

Granting the defendants’ motion for summary judgment, Federal District Judge Kenneth Ryskamp of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida, West Palm Beach Division, found that  corrosion caused by the addition of a powdered coating to railings … Read full post…

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December 11
2012

Mold, Fungi, Virus, Bacteria, Air Quality, Contaminants or Other Harmful Materials Exclusion in CGL Policy

Century Surety Co. v. Hallandale Beach Service Station, LLC, 2012 U.S. App. LEXIS 19648 (11th Cir. Sept. 19, 2012) This case involves a coverage dispute with respect to injuries to workers at underground storage tanks at the insureds’ gas station. … Read full post…

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December 1
2012

Fifth Circuit (Louisiana): Technical Reservation of Rights Not Necessary and Delay in Asserting an Exclusion Does Not Waive It

Steadfast Insurance did not have coverage under its CGL policy for a collision involving a utility boat owned by its insured Harvest Oil because of a watercraft exclusion. Steadfast is a Zurich company, and Zurich also had policies covering Harvest. … Read full post…

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