January 2013 – Insurance Law Florida

Insurance Policy Interpretation CLE: January 31, 2013, 1:00pm-2:30pm EST

Please join me for a CLE webinar sponsored by Strafford Publications on insurance policy interpretation and construction. I will be presenting along with Verne Pedro at Goldberg Segalla in Princeton, NJ and Jeremy Evans at Foley Hoag in Boston, MA. The program runs from 1:00pm-2:30pm EST. We will discuss various doctrines of insurance policy construction, including contra …

Eleventh Circuit Upholds Dismissal of Chinese Drywall Coverage Claim Under Total Pollution Exclusion

I previously discussed the American Building Materials coverage cases here. ABM II was decided against the policyholder under Massachusetts law. Judge Bucklew of the Middle District of Florida entered summary judgment in the insurer’s favor after finding that Granite State’s Total Pollution Exclusion unambiguously excluded coverage for the Chinese drywall claims. Yesterday, the Eleventh Circuit affirmed …