Claims and Bad Faith Law Blog tag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-525209 2021-04-19T10:19:27-04:00 Insurance Claims and Bad Faith Law Blog. TypePad https://users.feedblitz.com/855798bc8df53f8408137b74a24c04ce/ICBFLB-logo.gif https://insuranceclaimsbadfaith.typepad.com/insurance_claims_badfaith/2021/04/indiana-supreme-court-holds-computer-hacking-ransom-covered-by-insurance.html INDIANA SUPREME COURT HOLDS COMPUTER HACKING RANSOM COVERED BY INSURANCE. tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834c7bb2853ef02788024620a200d 2021-04-19T10:19:27-04:00 2021-04-19T10:19:27-04:00       ]]> Dennis Wall Recently, the Indiana Supreme Court was called upon to interpret the phrase, "resulting directly from the use of a computer," in an insurance policy providing Commercial Crime Coverage with a Computer Fraud provision. The policyholder, G&G Oil, paid ransom demanded...

      
]]> https://insuranceclaimsbadfaith.typepad.com/insurance_claims_badfaith/2021/04/the-real-secret-about-nondisclosure-agreements.html THE REAL SECRET ABOUT NONDISCLOSURE AGREEMENTS. tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834c7bb2853ef0263e99e0592200b 2021-04-15T05:59:00-04:00 2021-04-15T05:59:00-04:00      

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 ]]> Dennis Wall Trying to Control the Means of Communication, books, articles, cases. computers, and cd's. (Dennis J. Wall) The real secret about Nondisclosure Agreements is that they don't actually keep all their secrets. See Ifeoma Ozoma, A Nondisclosure Agreement Didn't Silence Me,...

]]> https://insuranceclaimsbadfaith.typepad.com/insurance_claims_badfaith/2021/04/ps-online-headline-introduces-the-story-much-more-accurately.html P.S. TO "BIG LAW JOINS FIGHT TO PROTECT VOTING RIGHTS": HOW EXACTLY? tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834c7bb2853ef0263e99ded7a200b 2021-04-14T08:07:29-04:00 2021-04-14T08:07:30-04:00      

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 ]]> Dennis Wall P.S. The NYT online headline and subhead give a more accurate introduction to the story. Kudos to the online editor who wrote the online headline and subhead; she almost makes up for the print editor in this case (almost): Defying...

]]> https://insuranceclaimsbadfaith.typepad.com/insurance_claims_badfaith/2021/04/big-law-joins-fight-to-protect-voting-rights-how-exactly.html "BIG LAW JOINS FIGHT TO PROTECT VOTING RIGHTS":  HOW, EXACTLY? tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834c7bb2853ef0263e99dd02b200b 2021-04-14T06:00:00-04:00 2021-04-13T19:44:16-04:00      

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 ]]> Dennis Wall Georgia Recount, November, 2020 (John Amis / Atlanta Journal-Constitution) It may be a story with substance to it yet: Big Law Joins Fight to Protect Voting Rights, by David Gelles and Andrew Ross Sorkin, The New York Times, Tuesday, April...

]]> https://insuranceclaimsbadfaith.typepad.com/insurance_claims_badfaith/2021/04/too-smart-by-half-the-true-story-of-forbidden-conversations.html "TOO SMART BY HALF":  THE TRUE STORY OF FORBIDDEN CONVERSATIONS. tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834c7bb2853ef02788022937a200d 2021-04-12T06:27:00-04:00 2021-04-13T12:16:53-04:00      

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 ]]> Dennis Wall Judge's Gavel. (Sun Sentinel) We have been looking lately at four cases of Stipulated Protective Orders, each one decided on the same day two weeks ago as these words are written. The lesson to be learned here is that these...

]]> https://insuranceclaimsbadfaith.typepad.com/insurance_claims_badfaith/2021/04/to-whom-it-may-concern-questions-about-your-secrecy-agreements.html TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:  QUESTIONS ABOUT  YOUR SECRECY AGREEMENTS. tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834c7bb2853ef026bdec9d21c200c 2021-04-08T10:47:25-04:00 2021-04-08T11:08:37-04:00      

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 ]]> Dennis Wall There is just enough time for a few questions in this special Thursday edition of Insurance Claims and Bad Faith Blog. How did it happen that so many lawyers in so many cases used the same language for their Stipulated...

]]> https://insuranceclaimsbadfaith.typepad.com/insurance_claims_badfaith/2021/04/three-from-the-cd-good-cause-statement-in-all-of-them.html THREE FROM THE C.D.:  "GOOD CAUSE STATEMENT" IN ALL OF THEM. tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834c7bb2853ef026bdec971f8200c 2021-04-07T06:27:00-04:00 2021-04-07T06:51:17-04:00      

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 ]]> Dennis Wall (Editing. Lexis/Nexis) Continuing our look at the three cases decided by Magistrates in the Central District of California on the same day (March 26, 2021), each of the three contained orders with this same language in the lawyers' "Good Cause...

]]> https://insuranceclaimsbadfaith.typepad.com/insurance_claims_badfaith/2021/04/can-there-be-bad-faith-off-shoring-tax-liability.html CAN THERE BE BAD FAITH OFF-SHORING TAX LIABILITY? tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834c7bb2853ef02788020dd28200d 2021-04-05T05:42:00-04:00 2021-04-05T05:42:00-04:00      

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 ]]> Dennis Wall (Photograph courtesy of NASA) Jesse Drucker has written an informative investigative report about off-shoring activities designed to reduce tax liabilities. Apparently, if a corporation large enough to move certain financial activities off-shore -- such as Bristol Myers in this article...

]]> https://insuranceclaimsbadfaith.typepad.com/insurance_claims_badfaith/2021/03/pumping-out-proposed-secrecy-orders-good-cause-in-hiding.html PUMPING OUT PROPOSED SECRECY ORDERS, GOOD CAUSE IN HIDING. tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834c7bb2853ef0263e99aa8c5200b 2021-03-31T07:22:06-04:00 2021-03-31T07:22:06-04:00      

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 ]]> Dennis Wall (Image via Central District of California website) In three cases decided on the same day, three different U.S. Magistrate Judges in the Central District of California granted three of the same Stipulated Protective Orders, without saying why. Each of the...

]]> https://insuranceclaimsbadfaith.typepad.com/insurance_claims_badfaith/2021/03/notice-prejudice-rule-not-for-claims-made-policies-in-kentucky.html "NOTICE-PREJUDICE RULE" NOT FOR CLAIMS-MADE POLICIES IN KENTUCKY. tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834c7bb2853ef026bdec5b79a200c 2021-03-24T05:39:00-04:00 2021-03-22T09:50:55-04:00      

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 ]]> Dennis Wall In Darwin Nat'l Assur. Co. a/k/a Allied World Specialty Ins. Co. v. Kentucky St. Univ., ___ S.W.3d ___, No. 2019-CA-1811-MR, 2021 WL 1045716 (Ky. Ct. App. March 19, 2021) (stated not final), the Kentucky Court of Appeals faced a question...

]]> https://insuranceclaimsbadfaith.typepad.com/insurance_claims_badfaith/2021/03/how-estoppel-lives-in-texas-in-the-21st-century-it-is-well-established-that-as-an-equitable-doctrine-estoppel-requires-tha.html HOW ESTOPPEL LIVES IN TEXAS IN THE 21st CENTURY. tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834c7bb2853ef0263e997431e200b 2021-03-22T06:03:00-04:00 2021-03-17T09:05:51-04:00      

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 ]]> Dennis Wall Editing. (LexisNexis) "It is well established that as an equitable doctrine, estoppel requires that one who comes into equity must come with clean hands. If not, the doors of equity are closed to one tainted with inequitableness or bad faith...

]]> https://insuranceclaimsbadfaith.typepad.com/insurance_claims_badfaith/2021/03/it-might-abuse-discretion-but-happy-st-patricks-day-anyway.html IT MIGHT ABUSE DISCRETION, BUT HAPPY ST. PATRICK'S DAY ANYWAY! tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834c7bb2853ef0278801c5ac8200d 2021-03-17T05:06:00-04:00 2021-03-17T05:06:00-04:00      ]]> Dennis Wall (Photo by Dennis Wall) "The district court abused its discretion in permitting Defendants and the DEA to file their pleadings under seal." In re: Nat'l Prescrip. Opiate Litig. (HD Media Co. v. U.S. Dep't of Justice), 927 F.3d 919, 939...

     
]]> https://insuranceclaimsbadfaith.typepad.com/insurance_claims_badfaith/2021/03/no-coverage-no-bad-faith-meant-severance-in-this-case.html NO COVERAGE, NO BAD FAITH MEANT SEVERANCE IN THIS CASE. tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834c7bb2853ef0263e99677a1200b 2021-03-15T05:23:00-04:00 2021-03-15T05:23:00-04:00      ]]> Dennis Wall The usual rule is no coverage, no bad faith. That can mean severance for the insurance carrier where there are multiple coverage and bad faith claims in the same case against it. See, e.g., Optical Works & Logistics, LLC v....

     
]]> https://insuranceclaimsbadfaith.typepad.com/insurance_claims_badfaith/2021/03/florida-civil-remedy-notice-obscures-advanced-payment-bars-bad-faith.html FLORIDA CIVIL REMEDY NOTICE OBSCURES ADVANCED PAYMENT, BARS BAD FAITH. tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834c7bb2853ef0278801aed9b200d 2021-03-10T09:44:17-05:00 2021-03-10T09:44:17-05:00      ]]> Dennis Wall (Gridview_imagefull / Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services) The Fourth District Court of Appeal affirmed dismissal with prejudice of a policyholder's bad faith claim against his homeowner's carrier in Julien v. United Prop. & Cas. Ins. Co., ___ So....

     
]]> https://insuranceclaimsbadfaith.typepad.com/insurance_claims_badfaith/2021/03/presumption-of-public-access-but-no-reversal-in-fifth-circuit.html PRESUMPTION OF PUBLIC ACCESS, BUT NO REVERSAL IN FIFTH CIRCUIT. tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834c7bb2853ef0278801a7605200d 2021-03-08T10:42:03-05:00 2021-03-09T11:41:39-05:00      ]]> Dennis Wall (Photo © Dennis J. Wall) Of all Federal Courts, one of the ones you might least expect to uphold the presumption of public access to court records is the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. Yet that is exactly what they...

     
]]> https://insuranceclaimsbadfaith.typepad.com/insurance_claims_badfaith/2021/03/hearing-without-form-sealing-without-good-cause-shown.html HEARING WITHOUT FORM, SEALING WITHOUT GOOD CAUSE SHOWN. tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834c7bb2853ef027880194d81200d 2021-03-03T09:52:01-05:00 2021-03-03T09:50:53-05:00      ]]> Dennis Wall Courtroom (Pacific Standard) In Hunter v. Booz Allen Hamilton, Inc., No. 2:19-cv-411, 2021 WL 790208 (S.D. Ohio March 2, 2021) (Vascura, USMJ), a U.S. Magistrate Judge held an "informal" conference during which she formally ruled. The plaintiffs in the case...

     
]]> https://insuranceclaimsbadfaith.typepad.com/insurance_claims_badfaith/2021/03/cybersecurity-tips-for-national-consumer-protection-week.html CYBERSECURITY TIPS FOR NATIONAL CONSUMER PROTECTION WEEK! tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834c7bb2853ef0263e993a879200b 2021-03-01T14:26:14-05:00 2021-03-01T14:26:14-05:00      ]]> Dennis Wall Notebook Workplace Desk (Courtesy of Free Photos) During this National Consumer Protection Week, the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) encourages consumers to review the Federal Trade Commission's NCPW resource page and review the CISA tips, among others, you...

     
]]> https://insuranceclaimsbadfaith.typepad.com/insurance_claims_badfaith/2021/03/its-national-consumer-protection-week.html IT'S NATIONAL CONSUMER PROTECTION WEEK! tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834c7bb2853ef02788018cf64200d 2021-03-01T10:47:23-05:00 2021-03-01T10:44:25-05:00      ]]> Dennis Wall Consumer Rights and Responsibilities (Gridview_imagefull / Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services) Check out National Consumer Protection Week events by copying and pasting this link into your browser: https://uspirgedfund.org/blogs/blog/usp/national-consumer-protection-week-2021: Mon Report on CFPB. Tues ID theft and fraud Wed...

     
]]> https://insuranceclaimsbadfaith.typepad.com/insurance_claims_badfaith/2021/03/giving-shape-to-shape-shifting-stipulated-protective-orders-good-cause.html GIVING SHAPE TO SHAPE-SHIFTING STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDERS:  GOOD CAUSE. tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834c7bb2853ef0263e99270d7200b 2021-03-01T06:17:00-05:00 2021-03-01T06:17:00-05:00      ]]> Dennis Wall Editing. (LexisNexis) "The parties must provide the requisite good cause, which is missing from their pending motions." Thus did the Court succinctly summarize its ruling in Ramos v. Continental Auto. Sys's, Inc., No. 18-1900-pp, 2020 WL 8617482, at *1 (E.D....

     
]]> https://insuranceclaimsbadfaith.typepad.com/insurance_claims_badfaith/2021/02/dont-let-the-door-hit-you-on-the-way-out.html "DON'T LET THE DOOR HIT YOU ON THE WAY OUT": tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834c7bb2853ef0263e99234e7200b 2021-02-24T05:52:00-05:00 2021-02-23T14:57:53-05:00      ]]> Dennis Wall SUA SPONTE REMAND OF UM BAD FAITH CASE. GEICO General Insurance Company removed a case from Florida State Circuit Court to U.S. District Court on February 5, 2021. On February 9, the District Judge issued basically a "show cause" Order...

     
]]> https://insuranceclaimsbadfaith.typepad.com/insurance_claims_badfaith/2021/02/no-secrets-on-george-washingtons-birthday-never-in-sixth-circuit-in-sweeney-v-nationwide-mut-ins-co-no-220-cv-1569.html NO SECRETS ON GEORGE WASHINGTON'S BIRTHDAY & NEVER IN SIXTH CIRCUIT. tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834c7bb2853ef0263e99204fc200b 2021-02-22T19:52:08-05:00 2021-02-22T19:52:08-05:00      ]]> Dennis Wall George Washington Statue (University of Washington) In Sweeney v. Nationwide Mut. Ins. Co., No. 2:20-cv-1569, 2020 WL 8265654 (S.D. Ohio Oct. 6, 2020), a United States Magistrate Judge applied settled Sixth Circuit case law and denied permission to file an...

     
]]> https://insuranceclaimsbadfaith.typepad.com/insurance_claims_badfaith/2021/02/no-coverage-claim-no-bad-faith-claim-in-many-cases-in-many-courts-across-the-nation-the-argument-has-taken-hold-that-if.html NO COVERAGE CLAIM, NO BAD FAITH CLAIM. tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834c7bb2853ef02788015f206200d 2021-02-17T09:23:21-05:00 2021-04-13T12:42:00-04:00      ]]> Dennis Wall EMPTY JURY BOX (Brennan Linsley / Associated Press) In many cases in many Courts across the nation, the argument has taken hold that if there is no coverage claim, there is no bad faith claim. The main exception has been...

     
]]> https://insuranceclaimsbadfaith.typepad.com/insurance_claims_badfaith/2021/02/claiming-good-faith-to-amend-no-good-in-this-case-the-plaintiff-in-an-insurance-bad-faith-case-sought-to-add-an-additional.html CLAIMING GOOD FAITH TO AMEND NO GOOD IN THIS CASE. tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834c7bb2853ef0263e990479f200b 2021-02-15T08:57:27-05:00 2021-02-15T08:57:27-05:00      ]]> Dennis Wall (Gridview_imagefull / Florida Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services) The plaintiff in an insurance bad-faith case sought "to add an additional breach of fiduciary duty theory under her existing Count I, a common law claim for intentional infliction of emotional...

     
]]> https://insuranceclaimsbadfaith.typepad.com/insurance_claims_badfaith/2021/02/this-federal-judge-gave-a-damn-public-allowed-to-access-testimony-about-medical-implants-that-allegedly-maim-and-kill-t.html THIS FEDERAL JUDGE GAVE A DAMN. tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834c7bb2853ef0263e98f0d4b200b 2021-02-10T10:07:37-05:00 2021-02-10T10:07:38-05:00      ]]> Dennis Wall (Thomson Reuters West via LinkedIn) PUBLIC ALLOWED TO ACCESS TESTIMONY ABOUT MEDICAL IMPLANTS THAT ALLEGEDLY MAIM AND KILL. "This multidistrict litigation proceeding ('MDL') involves personal injury cases brought against Defendants C. R. Bard, Inc. and Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc. (collectively,...

     
]]> https://insuranceclaimsbadfaith.typepad.com/insurance_claims_badfaith/2021/02/asking-life-insurance-companies-for-good-faith-in-a-pandemic.html ASKING LIFE INSURANCE COMPANIES FOR GOOD FAITH IN A PANDEMIC. tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834c7bb2853ef027880137fac200d 2021-02-08T05:58:00-05:00 2021-02-07T11:07:09-05:00      ]]> Dennis Wall (Image via Consumer Federation of America) There is a reported contagion spreading throughout Europe. It is not the coronavirus itself, but it is a phenomenon directly related to Covid. It is the reported behavior of some life insurance companies delaying...

     
]]> https://insuranceclaimsbadfaith.typepad.com/insurance_claims_badfaith/2021/02/matching-requirements-for-replacement-parts-florida-statute-insurance-policy-in-sfr-servs-llc-v-lexington-ins-co.html "MATCHING" REQUIREMENTS FOR REPLACEMENT PARTS:  FLORIDA STATUTE, INSURANCE POLICY. tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834c7bb2853ef0278801259d1200d 2021-02-03T05:11:00-05:00 2021-02-02T14:19:51-05:00      ]]> Dennis Wall (Image courtesy of NASA) In SFR Serv's, LLC v. Lexington Ins. Co., No: 2:19-cv-229-FtM-29NPM, 2021 WL 322367 (M.D. Fla. February 1, 2021), the Court addressed many motions in limine. The Court's rulings on one of them is addressed here: the...

     
]]> https://insuranceclaimsbadfaith.typepad.com/insurance_claims_badfaith/2021/02/deposing-the-corporate-rep-in-2021.html DEPOSING THE CORPORATE REP IN 2021. tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834c7bb2853ef02788012097b200d 2021-02-01T10:25:40-05:00 2021-02-01T10:24:21-05:00      ]]> Dennis Wall (Free Photos) A new article explores the ways and means of deposing corporate representatives in 2021, by Tiffany Ward and Jessica Kennedy, titled A REVIEW OF THE 2020 AMENDMENT TO RULE 30(B)(6): A GUIDE FOR PRACTITIONERS ON HOW TO APPROACH...

     
]]> https://insuranceclaimsbadfaith.typepad.com/insurance_claims_badfaith/2021/01/sign-asking-for-help-turning-covid-icu-patient-marcus-yarnlos-angeles-times.html FLORIDA COURT PROTECTED COVID RENTERS AND OWNERS FROM FORECLOSURE... tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834c7bb2853ef0263e98b866d200b 2021-01-27T05:42:00-05:00 2021-01-26T19:59:10-05:00      ]]> Dennis Wall ... IN 2017. Sign Asking For Help Turning Covid ICU Patient (Marcus Yarn/Los Angeles Times) Case law from Florida's Fifth District Court of Appeal shows a simple way to protect renters, homeowners and landlords from evictions and foreclosures, respectively, because...

     
]]> https://insuranceclaimsbadfaith.typepad.com/insurance_claims_badfaith/2021/01/north-carolina-filed-rate-doctrine-recognized-as-federal-frd.html NORTH CAROLINA FILED RATE DOCTRINE RECOGNIZED AS FEDERAL FRD. tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834c7bb2853ef0263e98b0704200b 2021-01-25T08:32:15-05:00 2021-01-25T08:42:56-05:00      ]]> Dennis Wall Insurance Policy for Slave, Warwick (New York Public Library Digital Collection) In DiCesare v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Hosp. Auth., No. 156A17-2, 852 S.E.2d 146, 153 (N.C. December 18, 2020), the Supreme Court of North Carolina recognized that it had previously adopted the...

     
]]> https://insuranceclaimsbadfaith.typepad.com/insurance_claims_badfaith/2021/01/challenging-confidentiality-of-confidential-designations-four-rules-to-live-by.html CHALLENGING CONFIDENTIALITY OF "CONFIDENTIAL" DESIGNATIONS:  FOUR RULES TO LIVE BY. tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834c7bb2853ef0278800f46c1200d 2021-01-22T05:30:00-05:00 2021-01-21T15:00:24-05:00      ]]> Dennis Wall (Image by NASA) Lawyers tend to write broadly when they write stipulations for protective orders. They give themselves powers to designate evidence "Confidential" and "Highly Confidential -- Outside Attorneys' Eyes Only." This is what they did in their stipulated protective...

     
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