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A California court has granted summary judgment in favor of an insurer who was sued by its insureds after their car was repossessed while the insurer handled their insurance claim.
A Florida appellate court has ruled that an insurer could not recover its attorneys’ fees and costs where the indemnity provision in the insurer’s settlement proposals was ambiguous.
A Washington appellate court has ruled that lawyers who previously represented an insurance company in bad faith lawsuits could not represent plaintiffs in a bad faith action against the insurer.
A federal district court in Oklahoma has ruled that a bank’s insurance carrier did not have to defend or indemnify the bank in a lawsuit brought by a customer who was taken hostage by a bank robber and thereafter shot by law enforcement officers.
The Third Circuit has reinstated a lawsuit against an insurance company asserting that it improperly limited the payments to compensate insureds for the cost of replacement transportation when a covered accident deprived them of the use of a covered vehicle.
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