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Rossello v. Zurich American Insurance Company, 2020 Md. LEXIS 174 (Md. Apr. 3, 2020)

Maryland’s highest court adopts pro rata allocation for asbestos-related bodily injury claims under liability policies. The court began by explaining that injury spanning many years often implicates multiple policies and therefore implicates a continuous or injury-in-fact trigger under Maryland law. Adopting the reasoning of Mayor & City Council of Baltimore v. Utica Mutual Insurance Company, 802 A.2d 1070 (Md. Ct. Spec. App. 2002), app. dismissed, 821 A.2d 369 (Md ... Continue Reading

Welcome to CICR’s annual review of insurance cases. Here, we spotlight five decisions from the last year that you should know about—and five pending cases to watch.

As our picks for “Cases to Know” indicate, 2019 was not a slow year in the insurance coverage arena. The decade ended with decisions in some closely monitored cases on a variety of issues like the “duty to settle,” employee claims adjuster liability for “bad faith,” and the so-called “unavailability of insurance” exception. You can read about these and other developments below.

Looking forward, five ... Continue Reading

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