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….
An Alternative to the Sanction of Dismissal for Spoliation, The Journal of Civil Litigation, Vol. XX, No. 4 (Winter 2008-2009).
The Insurer’s Duty to Defend, The Journal of Civil Litigation, Vol. XVIII, No. 4 (Winter 2006-2007).
Coverage Under the Commercial General Liability Policy for Construction Defect Claims in Virginia, The Journal of Civil Litigation, Vol. XIX, No. 2 (Summer 2007).
Junk Faxes & “Advertising Injury”: Coverage Under the Commercial General Liability Policy for Violations of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, The Journal of Civil Litigation, Vol. XVII, No. 4 (Winter 2005-2006).
Trigger and Allocation of Coverage for Continuous Bodily Injury or Property Damage Claims Under Consecutive Commercial General Liability Insurance Policies, The Journal of Civil Litigation, Vol. XVI, No. 3 (Fall 2004).
Coverage for Defamation Claims Under the Commercial General Liability Policy, The Journal of Civil Litigation, Vol. XVI, No. 2 (Summer 2004).