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Congratulations to our own Carrie McCrea Hanlon, Esq. for her decisive victory on behalf of client Alaska Airlines.

Alaska Airlines

Carrie McCrea Hanlon of Mills & Associates won a defense verdict in favor of defendant Alaska Airlines in the U.S. District Court, District of Nevada case of Ginena v. Alaska Airlines, Inc., 2:04-CV-01304-MMD-CWH.  The Las Vegas Review Journal … [Continue reading]

The Nevada Supreme Court Reconciles Conflicts Between Nevada’s UM/UIM Law And An “Owned But Uninsured” Exclusion

In an earlier post HERE, we explained how the Nevada Supreme Court reconciled the conflict it found between Nevada’s Compulsory Automobile Liability Insurance Law, NRS 485.185, and an auto policy’s household exclusion.  A few years later, the Nevada … [Continue reading]

Household Exclusion Conflicts With Nevada’s Compulsory Auto Insurance Law. Nevada Supreme Court Allows Insurer To Enforce Exclusion And Prevent Payments In Excess Of Compulsory Minimum Limits

Household Exclusion

An adjuster recently wrote to the Nevada Law Blogs asking if there would be insurance coverage to pay a mother for the wrongful death of her child who died as a result of the negligence of her husband, the deceased child’s father.  This question … [Continue reading]

U.S. District Court For Nevada Refuses To Dismiss Extra-Contractual Claims Even Though It Finds There Is No Coverage

Mr. Turk was a builder.  His companies and others built the Rancho del Norte Villas.  The construction was supposed to comply with the Fair Housing Act.  It didn’t.  The Disabled Rights Action Coalition sued Turk and a number of others for the … [Continue reading]

Two For The Price Of One! Mike Mills Authors Two Articles That Appear In The Most Recent Issue Of DRI’s Covered Events Newsletter.

DRI - Voice of the Defense Bar

Mike Mills’s article on the care, custody or control exclusion found in the general liability form policy was featured on DRI’s Covered Events online newsletter in 2013 Issue 1.  If you are interested in Mike’s conclusions on this interesting … [Continue reading]