Roben West

In Express Jewelry Enterprises Inc. v. National Fire Insurance Company of Hartford, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals found that a flood exclusion precluded coverage for property damage following a night of heavy rains. The...more Not all policies contain forum-selection provisions or choice-of-law provisions. However, they likely will be enforced, as was the case for the insurer in Danaby Rentals Inc. v. Mt. Hawley Insurance Co., which stemmed from a...more Declining to find any of the insurer’s proffered exclusions applicable, a federal district court in Minnesota sided with the insured — a strip club that was sued for using models’ images without permission in its online...more In Rice Enterprises LLC v. RSUI Indemnity Co., the Third Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the district court’s finding that the insured was not entitled to coverage from its employer’s liability insurer or its umbrella...more