Kvaerner Metals vs. Commercial Union

Reasonable Expectations of Coverage

State:

Pennsylvania

Reasonable expectations of coverage; rules of interpretation; duty of good faith and fair dealing

Lockheed Corporation vs. Continental Insurance Company

Year: 2004

Court: 137 Cal. App. 4th 187

Case Number:

Issue:

Environmental liability
Reasonable Expectations of Coverage

State:

United States

Interpretation of the personal injury liability (“PIL”) coverage provision in comprehensive general liability policies and its application to environmental liability. Long standing positions taken by the insurance industry flatly contracts the current position of the industry that violation or infringement of property or contract rights…

Wagner vs. Eire Ins.

Year: 2002

Court: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Case Number:

Issue:

Reasonable Expectations of Coverage

State:

Pennsylvania

Gasoline station owner’s reasonable expectation of coverage for damage caused by gasoline should control.

Joshua Bell v. Progressive Direct Insurance Company

Year: 2013

Court: South Carolina Supreme Court

Case Number: 2011-UP-242

Issue:

Reasonable Expectations of Coverage

State:

South Carolina

UP weighed in to argue that the Court should apply the doctrine of the reasonable expectations of the insured when analyzing the parties’ positions. Mr. Bell was living with Ms. Severn and their child. Ms. Severn purchased Underinsured Motorist insurance, and Mr. Bell was subsequently…