A Primer on Insurance for Construction Projects
People who live in glass houses should have insurance (in addition to not throwing stones). So too should your construction project. The risks inherent on a…
People who live in glass houses should have insurance (in addition to not throwing stones). So too should your construction project. The risks inherent on a…
Just because you own a pair of Air Jordans doesn’t make you Michael Jordan. In the next case, Carter v. Pulte Home Corporation, Case No. A154757…
Subrogation as a concept is well understood in insurance circles. According to the Institute of Risk Management Institute’s glossary of insurance terms subrogation is “the assignment…
Sometimes it’s right there before your eyes. Then, poof, it’s gone. This was the experience of one insured, who brought a bad faith insurance denial claim…
When things go wrong on a construction project it’s often a scramble of finger pointing. In McMillin Homes Construction, Inc. v. National Fire & Marine Insurance Company,…
If you want to geek out on insurance law the next case is for you. The Insurance Company of the State of Pennsylvania v. American Safety…
It’s commonly stated that when it comes to subrogation actions, where an insurer seeks reimbursements from responsible third parties for claims paid out by the insurer,…
Not to cast shade on your fun in the sun, but here’s an unusual, albeit sad and creepy, one for you. I’m bummed even writing about…
In McMillin Mgmt. Servs. v. Financial Pacific Ins. Co., Cal.Ct.App. (4th Dist.), Docket No. D069814 (filed 11/14/17), the California Court of Appeal held that the term…
I read once that 97 percent of cases never go to trial. However, there are still the ones that do. And, then, there are the ones that…
In a victory for additional insureds, a California appeals court held, in Pulte Home Corp. v. American Safety Indemnity Co., Cal.Ct.App. (4th Dist.), Docket No.…
A well-drafted insurance clause is an integral part of a construction contract because it sets forth a subcontractor’s obligations to add the general contractor to its…