Insurance Coverage

Four Corners Rule:  Duty to Defend, (October 2010)

ZRZ Realty:  Allocating the Burden of Proof for an Intentional Acts Exclusion , (October 2010)

Diminution in Value Update, (December 2008)

Oregon Appellate Court Sets Forth Burdens of Proof Regarding the Expected or Intended Damage Defense, Nicholas A. Nardi (Fall 2008)

Washington Court of Appeals Refines Rules Relating to the Allocation of a Continuing Loss Among Insurers, Nicholas A. Nardi (Fall 2008).

Washington Supreme Court Clarifies the Application of the Selective Tender and Late Tender Rules, Aaron C. Denton (Fall 2008)

Recent Oregon Environmental Insurance Coverage Cases and Legislation, David E. Prange and Nicholas A. Nardi, ENVIRONMENTAL CLEANUP CONFERENCE, ENVIRONMENTAL LAW EDUCATION CENTER (April 2007).

With Wisconsin’s Fair Claims Act, It’s the Lawyers Who Clean Up, David E. Prange, Milwaukie Journal Sentinel, Editorial Page (May 8, 2005).

Key CD Coverage Issues: An Update on Oregon Cases and Coverage in Oregon, David E. Prange and Nicholas A. Nardi, CONSTRUCTION LAW UPDATE, WASHINGTON DEFENSE TRIAL LAWYERS ASSOCIATION (March 2007).

Case Note, Liability Insurance Policies Do Not Provide Coverage for a Mere Threat of Groundwater Contamination, Nicholas A. Nardi, OREGON ASSOCIATION OF DEFENSE COUNSEL BULLETIN (Spring 2005).

Guilt by Association: Denial of Insurance Coverage to One Family Member for Acts of Another Family Member, Nicholas A. Nardi, OREGON ASSOCIATION OF DEFENSE COUNSEL BULLETIN (Winter 2004).

 

Civil Litigation

Case Note, Anti-Stacking Clause Bars UIM Coverage For Parents’ Damages, Where Insurer Agreed To Pay Daughter The Highest Limits of Liability Under Its Three Policies, Sean Carney, OREGON ASSOCIATION OF DEFENSE COUNSEL BULLETIN (Fall 2007).

Case Note, Bailey v. Lewis Farms: Cause of Action Against Prior Owner of Automobile for Failure to Maintain, (October 2007).

The Supreme Court’s New Take on Punitive Damages in State Farm v. Cambell: Criticism and Strategies for Plaintiffs’ Lawyers Navigating the New Rules, 39 TORT TRIAL AND INSURANCE PRACTICE L.J. 1093 (2004)

Case Note, Federal Courts Must Use Current Market Rates When Setting Attorneys’ Fees Award, Nicholas A. Nardi, OREGON ASSOCIATION OF DEFENSE COUNSEL BULLETIN (Fall 2003).

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