Authored by: Joseph Ciollo Superior Court – Business Interruption – Summary Judgment In Paolo Pavano et al v. Main Street Assurance Co. et al, the plaintiffs’ landscaping business was performing work on a customer’s property when a negligent driver collided with and damaged vehicles and equipment owned by the plaintiffs. [...]

Authored by: Joseph Ciollo   Superior Court – Uninsured Motorist Coverage – Equitable Subrogation In GEICO Insurance Company v. Strums, GEICO paid Uninsured Motorist (“UM”) benefits to its insured following a motor vehicle accident.  GEICO then filed a subrogation action against the defendant who it claimed was negligent in causing the [...]

Authored by: Joseph Ciollo Superior Court – Motor Vehicle Damage – Good Faith and Fair Dealing In Mullane v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Ins. Co, the plaintiff submitted a claim to his insurer for alleged damage sustained to his vehicle as a result of water entering the vehicle’s interior.  The [...]

Authored by: Joseph Ciollo U.S. District Court – Property Loss – Subrogation Against Tenants In AmGuard Insurance Company v. Ellis, the plaintiff insurer filed a subrogation action after making payments to its insureds in connection with a fire loss.  The insurer alleged that the defendants left their minor children unsupervised [...]

Authored by: Joseph Ciollo U.S. District Court – Property Loss – Surface Water Exclusion In Elmwood Automotive, LLC v. United Ohio Insurance Company, the plaintiff owned property that was damaged after a nearby water main broke under a roadway, causing water to rise to the surface and flow down the [...]