Archive for May, 2014
Insurance Carrier’s Reservation of Rights Found Sufficient To Permit Later Disclaimer
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 […]
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 […]
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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