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Limits of Coverage in "Continuous Trigger" Cases:They Keep Going and Going and Going . . .

January 06, 2009 21:09

The Stringfellow Acid Pits of Riverside County have been spawning (spewing?) litigation for decades, both as to when, how and by whom the site must be cleaned up and as to which of the responsible parties' insurers must bear what... The Stringfellow Acid Pits of Riverside County have been spawning...

Lessons Worth Learning, Again and Again

January 06, 2009 00:34

On occasion,appellate courts will publish a decision not because it breaks new legal ground but because it offers an opportunity to "remind" practitioners of rules that are well-settled but too often "forgotten" or "overlooked." To wrap up 2008, Curt Cutting...On occasion,appellate courts will...

Charon QC's Blawg Review # 193 -- Sinfoolly Delicious

January 05, 2009 20:31

Charon, the ferryman who transported souls across the River Styx to the realms of the dead in the myths of the Greeks, was appropriated by Dante to serve that same purpose in a more Catholic and more punitive version of... Charon, the ferryman who transported souls across the River Styx to the...

Citius, Altius, Fortius, Blawgius! Best of Blawg Review, 2008

December 31, 2008 18:05

Hellooooo. Is anyone there? Is anyone here? Anything happen while I was out?If nothing else, Blawg Review has continued to happen week after week and, it being what we in the trade often refer to as the End of Another... Hellooooo.  Is anyone there?  Is anyone here?  Anything...

Insurance Weblogs on a Roll Honor Roll

September 16, 2008 03:47

Via the Boston ERISA Law Blog, I learn that the crackerjack marketing team diligent legal researchers at LexisNexis have named their Top 50 Blogs for Insurance for 2008. Notwithstanding the obstacles in the grueling selection process posed by my having...Via the Boston ERISA Law Blog, I learn that...

The Carnival's Moved On

April 07, 2008 16:35

In the wake of my exercises in plunder and mockery, David Harlow of HealthBlawg is doing his part to restore the institutional respectability of Blawg Review in the most effective manner possible: by hosting a thorough and informative (and yes,...In the wake of my exercises in plunder and mockery,...

Blawg Review #153

March 31, 2008 07:01

Avast! ye law-lubbing swab! Passed the Bar-nacle Exam, have ye? Familiarized yerself wi' Davey Jones' Res Ipsa Loquitur, ye say? Sailed the Chapter Seven Bankrupt Seas, even? Schooled y'are in yer directions, an' knows the diff'rence between yer Tort and... Avast! ye law-lubbing swab! Passed...

The Amazing Fraudini!

March 25, 2008 17:50

Gloria Teasdale: I thought you left. Chicolini: Oh no. I don't leave. Gloria Teasdale: But I saw you with my own eyes. Chicolini: Well, who you gonna believe, me or your own eyes? -- from Duck Soup (The Marx Brothers,...Gloria Teasdale: I thought you left. Chicolini: Oh no.  I don't leave....

David Rossmiller Has You Covered

March 24, 2008 19:25

". . . . Thoughts of a dry brain in a dry season." -- T.S. Eliot, "Gerontion" (1920) In August, this weblog will be five years old. I do not know what the proper formula is for converting Human Years... ". . . . Thoughts of a dry brain in a dry season."-- T.S. Eliot, "Gerontion" (1920) In...

Arrivederci Aroma

March 19, 2008 18:17

Lloyd's of London, not Starbuck's, is almost certainly history's most important coffee house, and the Lloyd's markets are justifiably famous for their ability to place insurance coverage for unusual risks, as exemplified by this list of 9 Odd Things Insured... Lloyd's of London, not Starbuck's, is...