Liability Insurance Posts
First Court Decision Post-ALI Restatement Adoption
On August 9th a court issued what I believe to be the first decision addressing the ALI’s Restatement of the Law of Liability Insurance post-adoption.
Delaware Supreme Court Choice of Law Ruling Vacates a $13.7 Million Verdict Against Travelers
On July 16, 2018, the Delaware Supreme Court held in Travelers Indemnity Company v. CNH Industrial America, LLC, No. 420, 2017 (Del. Jul. 16, 2018), that a court’s choice of law inquiry in an insurance coverage dispute should focus on the contacts most relevant to the insurance contract rather than the location of the underlying claims.
Reporters’ Perspective
Two Restatement projects, Economic Harm Torts and Liability Insurance, were reviewed and approved for the final time by ALI membership at the 2018 Annual Meeting, marking the completion of both projects.
Restatement of the Law, Liability Insurance Approved
ALI members voted at The American Law Institute’s 2018 Annual Meeting to approve Restatement of the Law, Liability Insurance. The project Reporters are Tom Baker of the University of Pennsylvania Law School and Associate Reporter Kyle D. Logue of Michigan Law School.
Waiver and Estoppel – Part 2
The following entry contains the complete text of the Black Letter, Comments, and Reporters’ Notes from Proposed Final Draft No. 2 of Section 6. Estoppel.
Waiver and Estoppel – Part 1
The following entry is excerpted from the Reporters’ Notes, Black Letter and Comment from Proposed Final Draft No. 2 of Section 5. Waiver.
Lawmakers Group Discusses Controversial Liability Insurance Restatement
Weeks away from the American Law Institute’s annual meeting in Washington D.C., where the group’s controversial Restatement of the Law of Liability Insurance will once again be up for approval, a representative from the group recently said the ALI is trying to “stay in our lane.”
Plain Meaning and Ambiguous Terms
Since the 2017 Annual Meeting, many changes have been made to the Liability Insurance project draft. Sections 3 and 4, The Plain-Meaning Rule and Ambiguous Terms, have both been significantly revised to reflect the decision to adopt a plain meaning rule.
Allocation in Long-Tail Harm Claims Covered by Occurrence-Based Policies
In the video below, Liability Insurance project Reporter Kyle Logue discusses Long Tail Claims, and the issues surrounding them. Included below the video is the Black Letter and Comment from the 2018 Annual Meeting draft.
Project Spotlight: Restatement of the Law, Liability Insurance
This feature takes a detailed look at the life of an ALI project, examining the process through the lens of the Liability Insurance Restatement.