Widespread adoption of self-driving automobiles will dramatically alter the landscape for lawsuits following car crashes and the insurance policies that fund the verdicts and settlements. (Photo: Bigstock) Widespread adoption of self-driving automobiles will dramatically alter the landscape for lawsuits following car crashes and the insurance policies that fund the verdicts and settlements. (Photo: Bigstock)

It was widely reported that a pedestrian in Arizona was recently struck and killed by an Uber self-driving automobile in the testing stage.

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Randy Maniloff

Randy Maniloff is an attorney with White and Williams, LLP in Philadelphia. He represents insurance companies is disputes involving coverage for numerous types of claims under General Liability and Professional Liability policies. Maniloff publishes Coverage Opinions – a free, bi-weekly electronic insurance coverage newsletter that reports and provides commentary on just-released decisions that concern numerous issues under General Liability and Professional Liability insurance policies. Each issue of Coverage Opinions features an interview with a leading figure in the risk and insurance or legal field. Coverage Opinions interviews have included: Maurice (“Hank”) Greenberg; Alan Dershowitz; Ralph Nader; and Judge Richard Posner. Coverage Opinions began publication in October 2012 and has over 19,000 subscribers. Maniloff is the author of the “Top 10 Coverage Cases of the Year” article for the past thirteen years and the reference book General Liability Insurance Coverage – Key Issues in Every State (Oxford University Press; 2nd Edition 2012).

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