New Jersey’s highest court decided in City of Asbury Park v. Star Insurance Company that an insurance company’s subrogation claim takes priority over a municipality’s deductible/self- insured retention (SIR). In…
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A recent New Jersey appeals court ruling found that water damage to a vacation home caused by leaking pipes was not covered under a named perils insurance policy. In Cusamano…
In Chartis Propriety Casualty Company v. Inganamort, the Third Circuit found that, when handling a property damage claim under an all-risk maritime policy, the insured has the burden of proving…
The New Jersey Appellate Division in New Jersey Transit v. Certain Underwriters at Lloyds, et al, A-1026-17T1 (App. Div. Slip Op. November 18, 2019) recently held that storm surge damage…
Does unexpected and unintended consequential damage caused by a subcontractor?s faulty workmanship constitute ?property damage? caused by an ?occurrence? under a commercial general liability (?CGL?) insurance policy? ?Is such a…
On February 19, 2016 a split New Jersey Appellate panel in the case of Bardis v. Stinson & Cumberland Insurance Group, A-3454-12T3, reversed a Superior Court motion Judge finding that…
The New Jersey Supreme Court has just reiterated the longstanding precedent that an insurer need not suffer prejudice in order to rightfully deny coverage when a policyholder fails to comply…