A statutory amendment that will take effect on July 1, 2010, will impose a new and potentially substantial burden on insurers that provide underinsured motorist (UIM) coverage especially in cases where liability is clear and the damages exceed the limit of the underlying liability coverage. Under the new subsection (l) to Va….
A plaintiff who sues the wrong defendant can sometimes add the right defendant as a party even if the statute of limitations has run on filing against the right party. This is allowed under the doctrine of “relation back” by which the late filing relates back to the original, timely, filing, which…
In the first case of its kind, Judge Doumar of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia rejected a claim that coverage was afforded under a homeowners policy for losses associated with Chinese drywall. TRAVCO v. Ward, ___ F. Supp. 2d ___, 2010 WL 2222255 (E.D. Va. 2010)….
Virginia UIM Insurers Obligated to Assume Cost of Defense – A statutory amendment that will take effect on July 1, 2010, will impose a new and potentially substantial burden on insurers that provide underinsured motorist (UIM) coverage especially in cases where liability is clear and the damages exceed the limit of underlying…
Harman, Claytor, Corrigan and Wellman is pleased to announce that, on April 15, 2010, the Virginia Supreme Court rendered a decision in favor of the firm’s client, the Virginia Municipal Liability Pool, in the case of Simpson v. Virginia Mun. Liab. Pool, ___ Va. ___, ___ S.E.2d ___, 2010 WL 1491414 (Va….
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