Glenn Lammi | October 4, 2017 | Liability Insurance
When last we addressed the American Law Institute’s (ALI) proposed Restatement, Law of Liability Insurance, we reported that the organization decided at its May annual meeting to table final consideration of the document until 2018. One of the proposal’s chief...
Randy Maniloff | September 6, 2017 | Liability Insurance
While the American Law Institute postponed the vote on final approval of its “Restatement of the Law, Liability Insurance” until May 2018, at least seven courts have not let the lack of a bow on it stop them from citing it. In a few instances, the Restatement was...
Jennifer Morinigo | August 24, 2017 | Liability Insurance
In a decision that discussed the issue of rescission of insurance contracts in cases of material misrepresentations in insurance applications by high-risk insureds, the Superior Court of the State of California, County of Los Angeles cited the Proposed Final Draft of...
Lorelie (Lorie) Masters, Syed S. Ahmad and Andrea DeField | July 13, 2017 | Liability Insurance
In late May 2017, The American Law Institute met to approve its new Restatement of the Law, Liability Insurance. This is the first Restatement to address the law of insurance coverage. While not law itself and not binding authority on courts, Restatements aim to...
Randy Maniloff | July 11, 2017 | Liability Insurance
It had been expected by many that, after seven years of arduous work, The American Law Institute’s “Restatement of the Law, Liability Insurance” would be approved in late May at the Institute’s annual meeting at The Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Washington, D.C. But, despite...
Sam Tacey | June 19, 2017 | Liability Insurance
In Dalecroft Properties Ltd v. Underwriters [2017] EWHC 1263 (Comm), Mr. Richard Salter QC (sitting as a Deputy Judge of the High Court) confirmed the defendant insurers’ right to avoid a property insurance policy following various misrepresentations relating to the...
