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July 20, 2022
(Complaint Alleged Sufficient Facts Regarding Physical Loss Caused by COVID-19, Such That Order Dismissing Case Based on Demurrer Required Reversal Thereof)
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July 20, 2022
(COVID-19 Losses Resulting From Closure Orders And Presence of Virus Itself Does Not Constitute “Direct Physical Loss Or Damage”)
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July 20, 2022
(Insurance Code Section 553 Barring Coverage of Insured’s Willful Acts Applied to Exclude Coverage of Successor Company’s Liability Imposed for Conduct of Predecessor Company)
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July 20, 2022
(Intentional Grading and Clearing of Property Mistakenly Believed to be Owned by Insured Did Not Constitute Accident Under Liability Policy)
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July 20, 2022
(Government Orders Requiring Shutdown of Restaurant Did Not Constitute Physical Loss of or Damage to Property at Insured Premises)
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June 24, 2022
In this article - part of Lewis Brisbois' Marine & Energy newsletter, The Lookout - San Francisco Partner David E. Russo provides some thoughts on two areas of importance to the maritime industry - automonomous ships and offshore wind development.
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June 24, 2022
In 1851, the Limitation of Liability Act was passed in the U.S., which (among other things) applied to oil spills from vessels. Vessel owners were liable for incident-related costs only up to the post-incident value of the vessel. In 1924, Congress passed the first Oil Pollution Act, expanding vessel owner liability for intentional/deliberate discharges. Two very infamous and world-shocking incidents later evidenced the issues with this limited oil spill liability.
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June 24, 2022
The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit recently overturned its own 2012 precedent in an admiralty case, finding a subsequent U.S. Supreme Court ruling superseded its previous case law.
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