Deni Associates of Florida vs. State Farm Year: 1997 Court: Florida Supreme Court Case Number: Issue: AmbiguityCoveragePollution Exclusion and Coverages State: Florida
Sher vs. Lafayette Insurance Company et. al. Year: 2007 Court: Louisiana Supreme Court Case Number: Docket No. 2007-C-2443 and 2007-C-2441 Issue: AmbiguityKatrina State: Louisiana The Shers had an “all risk” policy which extends coverage for all fortuitous losses, unless the policy contains a specific exclusion. A lower court considered a “flood” exclusion in the Lafayette all-risk policy and found it too ambiguous to exclude coverage for Katrina damage to…
Taurus Holdings, Inc. vs. United States Fidelity & Guaranty Year: 2003 Court: Florida Supreme Court Case Number: SC04-771 Issue: Ambiguity State: Florida UP requests Court affirm that the undefined insurance policy phrase “arising out of” is ambiguous and should be construed in favor of coverage.
Williams et al. vs. State Farm Fire and Casualty Company, Allstate Indemnity Company, and Louisiana Property Insurance Corporation Year: 2006 Court: U.S. District Court, Louisiana Eastern District Case Number: 07-00247-CA, 06-2919 Issue: Ambiguity State: Louisiana The anti-concurrent causation language upon which Defendants rely has already been deemed ambiguous as a matter of law by another Federal Court addressing similar arguments raised by Defendants. Tuepker v. State Farm Fire and Cas. Co., 2006 WL 1442489 (S. D. Miss.). Furthermore, Defendants’ position…
Washington National Insurance Corporation, Petitioner/Appellant Vs. Sydelle Ruderman, Et Al. Respondents/Appellees. Year: 2012 Court: Florida Supreme Court Case Number: SC12-323 Issue: AmbiguityExtrinsic EvidencePolicy Interpretation State: Florida UP briefed this case to defend Florida’s long-standing rule that an ambiguous insurance policy must be interpreted in favor of the policyholder. The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled for a class of home health care policyholders by finding the policy’s benefit provision ambiguous, but…
