Norton on Insurance Coverage, 3rd Edition (eBook)

The go-to resource for Pennsylvania practitioners

• expert analysis of key insurance coverage opinions in an easy-to-use format
• detailed exploration of the commercial general liability (CGL) policy and coverage
• sections focused on automobile, homeowner's, professional liability, and directors and officers liability insurance
• 5 chapters dedicated to insurance bad faith law
  

New/updated in this edition

• insurers' duty of good faith versus fiduciary duties
• updates on Insurance Company Law, Insurance Department Act, and MCARE Act
• updates on declaratory judgment actions, joinder of third-party claimants, and choice of law
• Kvaerner Metals and the “four corners" rule
• updates on Donegal Mutual Ins. Co. v. Baumhammers, Toy v. Metropolitan Life Ins. Co., and Ash v. Continental Ins. Co.
• proving bad faith claims under section 8371
• attorney/client and work-product privileges in insurance litigation
• discoverability of various types of information in bad faith cases
• recovering damages in statutory versus contractual bad faith claims
• ERISA preemption of state law bad faith claims
• effect of “other insurance" provisions on duties of multiple insurers
• case law update on common exclusions to coverage
• case update under PA's Motor Vehicle Financial Responsibility Law, including UM/UIM claims and stacking
• treatment of related claims as “single" claim
• insurance requirements for health-care providers under MCARE Act
• case law updates on coverage for environmental hazards, employment disputes
• updated discussion regarding liability of insurance producers (agent and broker)
• appendix of PA Supreme Court liability insurance cases from 1986 to June 2014, arranged by topic
• discussion of personal injury and advertising injury exclusions
• standards for contractual versus statutory bad faith claims
• discussion of additional exclusions under homeowners' and professional liability policies
  
  Plus much more!

Summary of Contents

• Insurance Coverage Litigation
• Defense and Indemnity Issues
• Problems of Multiple Insurers
• Standard Coverages in Liability Policies
• Automobile Insurance
• Special Problem Areas
• Bad Faith Litigation
• Preventive Actions: Avoiding Litigation Risks
• Glossary
• PA Supreme Court Cases by Topic
• Historical Research Reference Bibliography
• Indexes: Cases, Statutes, Subject Matter