Every once in a while, I come across a case in which the facts are just so perfect, I can’t not write about them. Take, for example, the recent Sixth Circuit decision in Stafford v. Jewelers Mutual. A 5.56 carat pink diamond. A deal by a diamond merchant to buy the jewel (for cash
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Advertising Injury Coverage and “Implied Disparagement”
Insurance claims personnel have a natural, probably genetic, aversion to certain topics. One of them is insurance coverage for “advertising injury.” So, if your advertising injury claim is in any way unusual, chances are that as a policyholder you’re going to run into trouble with your carrier.
Some brief background: Commercial general liability policies typically…