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Concurrent Causation
Frymire Home Services, Inc. and Whitefield Capital, LLC v. Ohio Security Insurance Company
Year: 2021
Court: Texas Supreme Court
Case Number: 21-0757
Issue:
  • Concurrent Causation
State:
  • Texas

In its amicus curiae brief, UP addresses whether the concurrent cause doctrine applies where there is any non-covered damage, including “wear and tear” to an insured property, but such damage does not directly cause the particular loss experienced by a policyholder. UP argues that while…

Sebo v. American Home Assurance Co.
Year: 2014
Court: Florida Supreme Court
Case Number: SC 14-897
Issue:
  • Concurrent Causation
  • Efficient Proximate Cause
State:
  • Florida

Insurance coverage in cases involving concurrent causation (i.e., multiple causes, some covered, some not) has been the subject of great debate, with courts settling on two principal rules of law – the concurrent cause and efficient proximate cause doctrines. For over a quarter-century, Florida has…

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