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Insurance doesn’t cover bat guano nightmare, says Wis. Supreme Court
A Wisconsin couple learned in 2007 that their vacation home had been rendered uninhabitable because of bat guano that had piled up in the walls. Last week, the state supreme court compounded their troubles by deciding that the loss wasn’t covered by their insurance.
THE DARK SIDE: Reality matters, not perception
From time to time, I hear people say something like, “It’s not only important the judicial system be fair; it is important the judicial system be perceived as fair.”
LAWBIZ COACHES CORNER: Fee-suit exclusions muddy malpractice waters
The cost of malpractice insurance is an issue for every lawyer.
LAWBIZ COACHES CORNER: Are you excluded from malpractice insurance coverage?
The cost of malpractice insurance is an issue for every lawyer. Annual malpractice premiums cost thousands of dollars, often straining the ability of small firms and sole practitioners to purchase when premiums approach 10 percent or more of their income on a product they likel[...]
Insurance – subrogation — offsets
2010AP2435 Peterson v. American Family Mutual Insurance Company, et al.
Insurance — statute of limitations
2011AP167 Elliott v. General Casualty Company of Wisconsin
Supreme Court seeks to clarify insurance exclusions
Two cases pending in the Wisconsin Supreme Court this term should clarify the meanings of two common exclusions in insurance policies: pollution exclusions in homeowner policies and motorized vehicle exclusions in farm policies.
Insurance – Coverage – property damage
2010AP1835 The Selmer Company v. Selective Insurance Company of South Carolina, et al.
2010AP2620 Geiger v. Coleman Engineering Company, et al.
Insurance Title insurance; duty to defend
2010AP364 Rebholz, et al. v. Lakeland Leisure Corporation, et al.
Insurance Releases; extrinsic evidence
10-3015 Universal Mortgage Corp. v. Wurttembergische Versigherung AG
Insurance Bankers bonds; Employee misconduct When an insured incurs liability to a third party — whether in contract or tort — as a result of employee misconduct, financial loss resulting from that liability is not “directly” caused by the employee misconduct and therefore is not covered by fidelity bonds containing direct-loss language. “The particular bond […]
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