David Brown

In a short, unanimous decision delivered by Justice Barrett on May 14, the United States Supreme Court in Montgomery v. Caribe Transport II, LLC et al. ruled that the FAAAA does not preempt state law negligent hiring claims...more In the complex landscape of insurance litigation, the question of whether and when an insurer should intervene in an underlying tort lawsuit is increasingly critical. With rising exposure to mixed claims – those involving...more New York’s state appellate court recently declared rental car companies are not required to provide primary insurance coverage to their rental customers. Instead, the court concluded that New York law requiring the companies...more The Supreme Court of North Carolina issued a pair of opinions on December 13 relating to coverage for government shutdown orders due to COVID-19. In North State Deli v. Cincinnati Ins., the court broke with the majority of...more