In 2013, DRI's Insurance Coverage and Practice Symposium was held in New York City, on December 11 - 13, 2013. Mike Mills from Mills & Associates attended the conference. The presenters addressed many important and timely topics including defense cost recoupment, firearm coverage issues, Choice of Law, Superstorm Sandy catastrophic losses and Construction Defect coverage. As is always, the presenters were well prepared and insightful. A most helpful session dealt with "How to Try a … [Read more...]
Archives for December 2013
Answers To Questions Can Often Be Found On The Nevada Law Blogs
December 17, 2013 by
People from around the country send questions to the Nevada Law Blogs for help on Nevada law questions that they encounter. While the Nevada Law Blogs do not create attorney client relations with anyone and best practice is to hire and pay a lawyer to answer legal questions, sometimes the Blogs can give people a starting point for their research.For example, today we got a question from an adjuster in Illinois. She has a case where a single 25-year-old unmarried adult child had been … [Read more...]
One Minute Closer To High Noon
December 4, 2013 by
A Nevada Law Blog post recently compared an iconic wild-west film showdown to an upcoming showdown at the Nevada Supreme Court. The showdown will decide whether the Court will impose Cumis-type obligations on Nevada insurance companies where an assigned defense panel counsel faces an irreconcilable conflict between the interests of the insurance company and those of the policyholder. An order just issued by the U.S. District Court, District of Nevada shows that this high noon showdown about … [Read more...]
