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Beach Ball Injury Sparks Conversation About the Serial Comma
December 09, 2019 | Historical Lit Watch
Serial commas can still carry legal significance, as is shown in this case where the court read the exclusion with serial commas, resulting in the preclusion of the insured from defense for a suit arising from an injury caused by a giant inflatable beach ball.
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Insurer Must Defend Motel in Trafficking Case
December 02, 2019 | Historical Lit Watch
A U.S District Court decided that insurer had to defend motel in human sex and labor trafficking case.
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Driver was Not Occupying Parked Car While Walking To The Vehicle.
November 26, 2019 | Historical Lit Watch
The Supreme Court of New Hampshire ruled that a man was not entitled to coverage under his automobile insurance policy for injuries he suffered when he was struck by an uninsured vehicle while crossing a street to his own parked car.
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UM/UIM Exclusion Does Not Apply in Rental Vehicle Case
November 18, 2019 | Historical Lit Watch
In a case of first impression, a Connecticut court ruled that the UM/UIM exclusion did not apply in this case involving the insurance coverage of a rental car.
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Mobile Gym Considered Premises Instead of Uninsured Vehicle
November 11, 2019 | Historical Lit Watch
A mobile gym, operating out of the back of a truck, was not an insured auto for the purposes of the auto insurance policy of a woman who was injured while training in the mobile gym.
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Insurance Fraud Reports Made In Good Faith are Immunized by Oklahoma Law
November 04, 2019 | Historical Lit Watch
The Supreme Court of Oklahoma has ruled that Oklahoma law provides immunity for reporting or providing information regarding suspected insurance fraud as long as the reporter themselves does not act fraudulently, in bad faith, in reckless disregard for the truth or with actual malice in providing the information about the fraud.
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Town Might Have to Cover Medicinal Marijuana in Workers' Compensation Case
October 28, 2019 | Historical Lit Watch
It's now up to the lower court to determine whether or not the town of Tonawanda New York will have to pay workers' compensation insurance benefits for a police officer who was prescribed medicinal marijuana for his chronic back pain he has suffered ever since he slipped on icy pavement at the scene of a car accident.
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Washington Supreme Court Finally Rules on Keodalah
October 21, 2019 | Historical Lit Watch
In a long-awaited Washington Supreme Court insurance bad faith decision, the court decided that the employee adjuster was not guilty of bad faith.
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Court says Employer No Longer Has to Pay for Opioid Pain Treatment
October 14, 2019 | Historical Lit Watch
Employer providing workers' compensation insurance no longer has to pay for opioid treatments after treating physician states that the patient has reached maximum medical improvement under that treatment.
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Raccoons Cannot Act with Malice, Says One U.S. District Court
October 07, 2019 | Historical Lit Watch
An insurance company does not have to provide coverage under a dwelling claim for "vandalism and malicious mischief" when raccoons caused the damage.
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