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Contractual Liability Exclusion Must Be Assessed Against Each Cause of Action Separately, Not Applied Wholesale Where Multiple Claims Are Pleaded in One Action

In Las Vegas Sands, LLC v. National Union Fire Insurance Co. of Pittsburgh, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, reviewing the matter de novo, held that the lower court had erred ...

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Liability Insurer Has No Duty to Defend or Indemnify Where Property Damage Results From Insured’s Deliberate Placement of Demolition Debris: The Requirement of an “Accident” for Coverage

In Great West Casualty Co. v. VanFleet, the United States District Court for the Central District of Illinois held that a commercial general liability (“CGL”) insurer owed no duty to defend or ind...

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Dog-Bite Liability – and Trespassing Boundaries – Actio De Pauperie

Brief facts In the recent dog-bite judgment, the plaintiff brought an action of actio de pauperie (a Roman-Dutch law strict liability remedy that allows a person to claim compensation from the owner o...

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