Ward Farnsworth, Kyle D. Logue and Jennifer Morinigo | June 14, 2018 | Inside The ALI, Liability Insurance, Torts: Economic Harm
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. The Reporters, subject to oversight by the Director, will now...
Jennifer Morinigo | May 22, 2018 | Liability Insurance
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....
Tom Baker, Kyle D. Logue and Jennifer Morinigo | May 18, 2018 | Liability Insurance
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. § 6. Estoppel A party to an insurance policy who makes a promise or representation that can reasonably be...
Tom Baker, Kyle D. Logue and Jennifer Morinigo | May 17, 2018 | Liability Insurance
The following entry is excerpted from the Reporters’ Notes, Black Letter and Comment from Proposed Final Draft No. 2 of Section 5. Waiver. REPORTERS’ NOTE (abridged) a. The function of waiver. The general contract doctrine of waiver is discussed in Restatement Second,...
Nicholas Malfitano | May 8, 2018 | Liability Insurance
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...
Jennifer Morinigo, Tom Baker and Kyle D. Logue | May 3, 2018 | Liability Insurance
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. Black letter...
