It’s hard to believe that it’s been over four years since Superstorm Sandy hit New Jersey. Back then, figuring that discretion was the better part of valor, I gathered up my family and drove out to Pennsylvania to wait out the storm. (I still take abuse for that tactic from one of my neighbors, who
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Additional Insured Coverage
Years ago, there was a Bell Labs facility behind my house, and on Sunday afternoons, the engineers (mostly Indian and Pakistani) would get together and play cricket on the large lawn. I watched the matches quite a bit, but I never could get a grip on the rules. Then a British friend told me that…
Construction Defects and the “Your Work” Exclusion
My old law partner Carl Salisbury is on the warpath against carriers’ efforts to escape construction defect coverage. He has some interesting things to say about a recent pro-carrier South Carolina decision. You can read Carl’s excellent blog post by clicking here. (I promise not to call them “business risk” exclusions any more,
Insurance Coverage and Allocation Issues Conference
On May 20, 2014, I’ll be speaking at Perrin’s Emerging Insurance Coverage & Allocation Issues Conference at The Rittenhouse Hotel in Philadelphia, PA. My panel (shared with the inimitable Gary Kull of Carroll, McNulty & Kull, representing the insurance industry view of things), will focus on “Best Practices for Additional Insureds.” If you can …
Indemnification agreements and builder’s risk
I’ve been working on reviewing a general contracting agreement for a rebuild following Sandy, and the attendant insurance requirements. I just came across a very useful 50-state survey on the enforceability and construction of indemnification agreements, which you can access by clicking here. If you’re involved with this area of the law, I think you’ll find it