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The Insurance Law Digest, updated yearly by qualified law firms, presents insurance laws for each U.S. state and several Canadian provinces. This free resource puts general insurance principles in leading case decisions at your fingertips, plus offers convenient tables summarizing parts of six popular subjects.
 
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Legal Precedents Impacting the Insurance Industry within the Past Year:
 
 
Montana courtesy of Corette Black Carlson & Mickelson of Butte
The Mlekush case will impact the industry in decision making on offers to settle UIM cases prior to trial. It confirms the insurance exception to the American Rule regarding attorney fees as it applies in UIM cases where the insured obtains a verdict in excess of insurer’s last offer to settle. Mlekush v. Farmers Ins., 389 Mont. 99, 404 P.3d 704 (2017).
New Jersey courtesy of Hardin, Kundla, McKeon & Poletto, P.A of Springfield
The New Jersey Supreme Court has ruled the admissibility  of experts requires gatekeeping by the trial court considering factors Daubert. In re: Accutane Litigation, (A-25-17) (079958).
New York courtesy of London Fischer LLP of New York
Under a recent case involving negligence,  plaintiffs will now be relieved of the burden of proof at trial to establish negligence.  Defendants at trial must establish comparative liability against plaintiff and litigate damages.  Rodriguez v. City of New York, 31 N.Y.3d 312, __ N.E.3d. 312 (2018).
Maryland courtesy of Semmes, Bowen & Semmes of Baltimore
The Court of Appeals of Maryland has stated that the Court will not expand exclusions to insurance policies beyond those explicitly enumerated by the General Assembly. Md. Ins. Admin. v. State Farm Auto. Ins. Co., 451 Md. 323, 345-6 (2017).
The Insurance Law Podcast Series examines timely and important legal issues affecting the insurance industry, from an attorney's point of view. Past topics have included regulatory compliance, sports law, negligent security and more. Subscribe to the Insurance Law Podcast series to receive an e-mail alert of our most recently posted Insurance Law Podcast.
 
   Emerging Global Cyber Ransom Threats Require a Strategic Response from the C-Suite
Posted: Tue., July 31, 2018
Attorneys Ed Lewis from Weightmans LLP in the U.K., David Mackenzie from Blaney McMurtry LLP in Canada and David Shannon with Marshall Dennehey Warner Coleman & Goggin in the U.S. discuss emerging cyber threats and and the expansion of regulatory risk under GDPR and Canada's PIPEDA.
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   The Safe Sport Authorization Act and Protecting Young Victims
Posted: Thur., June 21, 2018
Attorney Alan S. Goldberger discusses Protecting Young Victims from Sexual Abuse and Safe Sport Authorization Act; who is impacted by the law, types of insurance coverages and potential impact on claims.
    How Social Media is Changing Insurance Claims Subrogation
Posted: Wed., May 30, 2018
Attorneys Jason Sullivan and Rebecca Wright from the Rathbone Group, LLC law firm discuss the effect that social media is having on subrogation matters and potential impact on claims.

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