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Stewart Smith recently secured a ruling from the North Carolina Superior Court that millions of dollars in defense costs are paid within- and not in addition […]

Answering strong demand for our legal services, STEWART SMITH has opened our newest office in the Richmond, Virginia area as we continue to serve our clients […]

The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania recently issued its decision in the matter of BouSamra v. Excela Health, articulating a new test to evaluate whether a party […]

In First Horizon Nat’l Corp., et al. v. Houston Casualty Co., et al., the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals delivered a clear win for insurers, affirming […]

In Migliaro v. Fidelity, No. 17-1434, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit recently ruled that “[a]lthough the rejection of a proof of loss […]

On December 5, 2017, the Illinois Appellate Court affirmed a trial court ruling in the case of United Conveyor Corp. v. Allstate Insurance Co., 2017 IL App […]

On November 29, 2017, the California Supreme Court agreed to review Montrose Chemical Corp. v. Superior Court, 14 Cal.App.5th 1306 (App. 2nd Dist. 2017), an environmental […]

In a long awaited decision, the New Jersey Supreme Court has unanimously held that consequential property damage caused by a subcontractor’s faulty workmanship is a covered […]

The Iowa Supreme Court recently answered that question by holding that defective workmanship by an insured’s subcontractor may constitute an occurrence under a standard-form CGL policy. […]

On April 11, 2016, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals held, in an unpublished opinion, that The Travelers Indemnity Company of America was required to provide […]

In a victory for insurers, the New Jersey Supreme Court ruled that an insurer can deny coverage under a claims-made policy for the failure to provide […]

On September 15, 2015, Judge Paul A. Magnuson of the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota granted Class Certification in a data breach […]