A national online real estate listing firm was recently schooled in rather expensive fashion as to the merits of being duly proactive in taking care of business in an insurance claim.Because it was anything but timely, in the view of a federal court, which recently...
Month: April 2017
Pot cases and insurance coverage: yes, it can be a bit complex
A policyholder's demand of an insurance company to pay up for the loss of a personal stockpile of marijuana -- through fire, theft, water damage or some other cause -- would have been simply unthinkable a generation ago.Not these days. And certainly not in Colorado,...
Colorado considering modifications to construction defect laws
Colorado’s 2017 regular session has seen several significant bills introduced that could impact insurers, developers and contractors in construction defect claims. One bill would require mediation or arbitration in homeowners’ association claims alleging...
Construction defects, litigation: spotlighting a particular group
One thing we can say with absolute certainty from our professional perspective as attorneys with on-point and proven practice experience in the realm of construction law is that legal disputes in this singular area will always occur, across a wide universe of...
Insurers on hook in large-money case involving Verizon
Draft it better.At the end of the day (that is, the day recently on which a court issued a ruling in which it conceded there were "significant financial consequences), a judicial determination concluded that multiple insurance companies simply didn't go a good enough...
3 reasons why a car insurance claim may be denied
No one wants to get into a car accident. Between the damage to a vehicle and the pain of crash injuries, it can be a lot to deal with, financially, physically and emotionally. Add into this a denied insurance claim, and people often feel like they are at their wits'...