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Dylan Magruder defends property and casualty insurance companies in litigation. He represents clients in coverage disputes and other litigation, including matters involving bad faith and disputes arising from commercial ...
In Homesite Insurance Co. v. WWMD Corp., decided in September 2026, the insurer had issued a commercial general liability (CGL) insurance policy to the insured — WWMD Corp., doing business as Kelly’s Pub — with a structured sublimit for assault and ...
In the nearly two decades since Illinois adopted its Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA), Illinois appellate courts and the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals have heard numerous cases about the extent to which various common provisions and endorsements in ...
Hotels across the country in the past decade have experienced a wave of litigation under the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act (TVPRA). The law provides victims of certain human trafficking crimes with a civil cause of action against both the ...
In Hiscox Dedicated Corporate Member Ltd. v. Taylor, the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals recently affirmed the right of an insurer under Arkansas law to void a policy based on a misrepresentation in an application, even if that misrepresentation was not knowing ...
Is it a good idea to drive a vehicle that is not street legal on a public road? Probably not. But if you’ve already done it, a recent Sixth Circuit decision suggests that might mean it’s covered by your auto insurance. In Leitch v. White, the Sixth Circuit Court of ...
In Dostart v. Columbia Insurance Group, the Iowa Supreme Court reaffirmed the rule — in Iowa, and many other jurisdictions — that faulty workmanship by a contractor does not constitute an “occurrence” as defined in a standard commercial general ...
When state law provides that an insurance contract can be rescinded for misrepresentations only if they are “material,” can an insurer contract around that rule by adding an exclusion for all claims based on any misrepresentation, regardless of ...
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