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		<title>First Circuit Permits Insurer to Retain Policy Premiums Despite Rescission</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By Aaron F. Mandel, Sedgwick New York Courts often require insurers to return premiums (or at least offer to return them) when rescinding an insurance policy.  Some states may even require it under statute.  The reason is that rescission is an equitable remedy intended to place the parties in the same position they were before [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://sedgwickinsurancelaw.com/2013/05/15/first-circuit-permits-insurer-to-retain-policy-premiums-despite-rescission/</link>
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		<title>Court Adheres to Specific Definition of “Designated Premises”; Holds Policy Cancellation Does Not Preclude Rescission</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By Daniel E. Bryer, Sedgwick New York In Seneca Ins. Co. v. Cimran Co., &#8212; N.Y.S.2d &#8211;, 2013 WL 1405231 (App. Div. 1st Dep’t 2013), the New York appeals court granted the insurer’s motion for summary judgment, declaring that it had no duty to defend and indemnify the defendants in an underlying personal injury action [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://sedgwickinsurancelaw.com/2013/05/13/court-adheres-to-specific-definition-of-%e2%80%9cdesignated-premises%e2%80%9d-holds-policy-cancellation-does-not-preclude-rescission/</link>
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		<title>Missouri Court Rejects Attempt to Plead Conversion into Coverage through Negligence Counts</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By Kathryn M. Metz, Sedgwick Chicago In Allen v. Cont’l W. Ins. Co., 2013 WL 1803476 (Mo. Ct. App. April 30, 2013), the Missouri Court of Appeals found that a Commercial General Liability (“CGL”) insurer had no duty to defend its insureds, a title loan company and its agents, against allegations of conversion and negligence [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://sedgwickinsurancelaw.com/2013/05/10/missouri-court-rejects-attempt-to-plead-conversion-into-coverage-through-negligence-counts/</link>
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		<title>In New York, One Priest’s Multiple Acts of Sexual Abuse on a Minor Constitutes Multiple Occurrences</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By Diana (Tremback) Karnes, Sedgwick Chicago, and Gregory Lahr, Sedgwick New York Yesterday, New York State’s highest court, for the “first time,” ruled on the meaning of “occurrence” in the context of multiple incidents of sexual abuse of a minor by a priest that spanned several years and policy periods.  In Roman Catholic Diocese of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://sedgwickinsurancelaw.com/2013/05/08/in-new-york-one-priest%e2%80%99s-multiple-acts-of-sexual-abuse-on-a-minor-constitutes-multiple-occurrences/</link>
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		<title>New Jersey Passes Law Requiring Summary of Homeowners Policy</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By Daniel Pickett, Sedgwick New York On May 6, 2013, the New Jersey state legislature approved Assembly Bill A-3642, which now becomes Public Law 2013, c.53, requiring homeowners insurance policies delivered or renewed in New Jersey to contain a one-page summary of the policy which identifies any notable coverages or exclusions. Under the prior law, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://sedgwickinsurancelaw.com/2013/05/07/new-jersey-passes-law-requiring-summary-of-homeowners-policy/</link>
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		<title>New York Appellate Division Affirms Zoning Ordinance Banning Fracking</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By Martin L. Eide, Sedgwick New York The Sedgwick Insurance Law Blog has been following decisions related to hydraulic fracturing for potential impacts on insurance coverage issues.  Although not involving coverage, the New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division, recently upheld two zoning ordinances passed by Dryden and Middlefield, New York in 2011, prohibiting the exploration and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://sedgwickinsurancelaw.com/2013/05/06/new-york-appellate-division-affirms-zoning-ordinance-banning-hydraulic-fracturing/</link>
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		<title>Costs and Attorney Fees Awarded In the Same Action in Idaho</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By Christina Y. Ahn, Sedgwick San Francisco In Employers Mutual Casualty Co. v. Donnelly, No. &#8212; P.3d &#8212;-, 2013 WL 1693661 (Idaho Apr. 19, 2013), a majority of the Idaho Supreme Court affirmed a declaratory judgment action decision that an insurer was required to pay costs and attorneys’ fees taxed against the insured in the underlying [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://sedgwickinsurancelaw.com/2013/05/06/costs-and-attorney-fees-awarded-in-the-same-action-in-idaho/</link>
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		<title>Florida Court Reconfirms that Insurance Policies May be Voided Based on an Insured’s Innocent Misrepresentations</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By Aaron F. Mandel, Sedgwick New York Earlier this week, the Florida District Court of Appeal once again concluded that, where an insurance policy does not impose a stricter standard for voiding insurance policies based on misrepresentations than section 627.409 of the Florida Statutes (“Section 627.409”), Section 627.409 permits an insurer to do so based [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://sedgwickinsurancelaw.com/2013/05/02/florida-court-reconfirms-that-insurance-policies-may-be-voided-based-on-an-insured%e2%80%99s-innocent-misrepresentations/</link>
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		<title>Construction Defect Coverage Quarterly</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In honor of Earth Day, which recently celebrated its 43rd birthday, the lead article in the current issue of our Construction Defect Coverage Quarterly addresses potential coverage issues implicated by green construction. We also continue the analysis of how various states define &#8220;occurrence&#8221; under liability policies, and highlight a recent opinion from a Washington federal [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://sedgwickinsurancelaw.com/2013/04/29/construction-defect-coverage-quarterly/</link>
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		<title>Washington Federal Judge Presumes that Liability Insurer May Not Assert Attorney-Client Privilege or Work Product Protection in Bad-Faith Suit</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On April 12, 2013, Judge Richard Jones of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington ruled that in a bad-faith lawsuit against a liability insurer, the judge would presume that the insurer has no attorney-client privilege or work-product protection. Judge Jones’ ruling thereby materially extended the holding of the Washington Supreme Court’s [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://sedgwickinsurancelaw.com/2013/04/19/washington-federal-judge-presumes-that-liability-insurer-may-not-assert-attorney-client-privilege-or-work-product-protection-in-bad-faith-suit/</link>
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