CLAIMS-MADE COVERAGE Zurich Am. Ins. Co. v. Syngenta Crop Prot. LLC, 2024 Del. LEXIS 68 (Del. Feb. 26, 2024) Delaware Supreme Court concludes that a letter from a lawyer informing…
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Supreme Court Agrees to Consider Standing of Insurers in Chapter 11 Cases
The United States Supreme Court agreed today to review a Fourth Circuit decision that denied an insurer standing to object to an asbestos producer’s Chapter 11 reorganization plan, on the…
Top Developments October 2023
DEFENSE COST REIMBURSEMENT Cont’l Cas. Co. v. Winder Labs., LLC, 73 F.4th 934 (11th Cir. 2023) Eleventh Circuit predicts that, under Georgia law, insurers found to have no duty to…
Montana Trial Court Holds That Youths Have Standing to Bring Constitutional Claims Against State Government For Alleged Climate Change-Related Harms
On August 14, 2023, in a “landmark” ruling, a Montana state court held that youth plaintiffs had standing to assert constitutional claims against the State of Montana, its governor and…
Top Developments July 2023
DUTY TO DEFEND – EXTRINSIC EVIDENCE Republic Franklin Ins. Co. v. Ebensburg Ins. Agency, 2023 U.S. App. LEXIS 14528 (3d Cir. June 9, 2023) Third Circuit questions, but declines to…
Top Developments March 2023
CONTRIBUTION Chem. Solvents, Inc. v. Greenwich Ins. Co., 2023 U.S. App. LEXIS 868 (6th Cir. Jan. 13, 2023) A divided Sixth Circuit panel holds that, under Ohio’s “all sums” allocation…