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Insurance Carrier’s Reservation of Rights Found Sufficient To Permit Later Disclaimer

By on May 29, 2014 in Blog, NJ Litigation with 0 Comments

In Petersen v. New Jersey Mfrs. Ins. Co., 2014 N.J. Super. Unpub. LEXIS 995 (App. Div. May 2, 2014), the Appellate Division considered whether NJM adequately reserved its rights so as to permit it to later disclaim coverage. In Petersen, Lonnie and Kathleen Petersen’s son, Brandon, stabbed and robbed a neighbor. He was charged with […]

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No Jurisdictional Discovery Permitted by Federal Court to Establish Diversity for Insurance LLC Defendants

By on May 15, 2014 in Blog, NJ Litigation with 0 Comments
No Jurisdictional Discovery Permitted by Federal Court to Establish Diversity for Insurance LLC Defendants

In Lincoln Benefit Life Co. v. AEI Life, 2014 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 46726 (April 4, 2014), the plaintiff life insurance company sued in the District Court of New Jersey to void out two life insurance policies on the life of Gabrielle Fischer due to material misrepresentations made in the insurance application and/or due to the […]

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No Duty To Warn for Open and Obvious Condition

By on May 8, 2014 in Blog, NJ Litigation with 0 Comments
No Duty To Warn for Open and Obvious Condition

Plaintiff Thomas Hackett suffered injuries when he hit his head on the ceiling when climbing a ladder to a water tower on the roof of a commercial building to repair an air conditioner. He was a technician working for Statewide Conditioning Inc., which had a contract with the defendants to perform the HVAC repair work. […]

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