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Traub Lieberman Partner Kathryn Keller and Associate Steven Hollis Secure Final Summary Judgment in Favor of Homeowner’s Insurance Company

April 2, 2024 — Kathryn Keller & Steven A. Hollis - Traub Lieberman

Traub Lieberman Partner Kathryn Keller and Associate Steven Hollis obtained summary judgment on behalf of a major homeowners’ insurer in a breach of contract action in the Ninth Judicial Circuit in and for Osceola County, Florida. The underlying...

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Show Me the Money: The Good Faith Dispute Exception to Prompt Payment Penalties

March 13, 2023 — Garret Murai - California Construction Law Blog

California has a number of prompt payment penalty statutes...

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Mr. Murai may be contacted at gmurai@nomosllp.com

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COVID-19 Business Closure and Continuity Compliance Resource

March 30, 2020 — Adam Chelminiak, Joshua Mooney & Ryan Udell - White and Williams LLP

In less than a few weeks’ time, COVID-19 has changed the way we live and work. Businesses, large and small, have had to grapple with unprecedented challenges, including orders to close or significantly curtail operations in order to stem the...

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Insurer's Attempt to Strike Experts in Collapse Case Fails

February 3, 2020 — Tred R. Eyerly - Insurance Law Hawaii

The insurer's efforts to exclude two of the insured's experts in a collapse case were unsuccessful. Hudon Specialty Ins. Co. v. Talex Enterprises, LLC, 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 150148 (S.D. Miss. Sept. 4, 2019).

The insureds' building...

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Los Angeles Recovery Crews Begin to Mobilize as Wildfires Continue to Burn

January 21, 2025 — Scott Blair, Aileen Cho, & C.J. Schexnayder - Engineering News-Record

More than a week since wildfires broke out in the Los Angeles area stoked by hurricane-force Santa Ana winds, officials are hoping that a change in the weather will soon allow the long process of recovery to begin.

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Think Twice About Depreciating Repair Costs in Our State, says the Tennessee Supreme Court

July 9, 2019 — Andres Avila - Saxe Doernberger & Vita, P.C.

Tennessee’s Supreme Court recently held that an insurer may not withhold repair labor costs as depreciation when the policy definition of actual cash value is found to be ambiguous. Tennessee joins other states like California and Vermont that...

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