Ninth Circuit blows open $162M legacy policy fight over aggregate limits
The facts go back a long way. During World War II, the federal government leased and later expanded the Chino…
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Ninth Circuit blows open $162 million legacy policy fight over aggregate limits
The facts go back a long way. During World War II, the federal government leased and later expanded the Chino…
Ninth Circuit Finds Bad Faith in Insurer’s Refusal to Defend Mixed Allegations | Nossaman LLP
A panel of the Ninth Circuit held, in an unpublished opinion, that Allied World Specialty Insurance Company (Allied) must defend…
Ninth Circuit dismantles California law protecting insurance risk pools
But even that provision did not survive. Under California’s severability framework, a remaining provision must be grammatically, functionally, and volitionally…
Ninth Circuit slams Allied World for refusing to defend harassment claims
At the heart of the dispute is a tension baked into the policy itself. On one hand, the policy explicitly…
Ninth Circuit Recognizes the Potential for Coverage in Employee’s Suit Alleging Chemical Exposure | Nossaman LLP
The Ninth Circuit reversed a lower court and held that insurer Atlantic Specialty (as successor to One Beacon) had a…