Buckle Up! Or Don’t!

Recently, in Lucykanish v. Flurer, 2024 Pa. Super. Unpub. Lexis 2142, 2024 WL 4003231 (Aug. 30, 2024), the Pennsylvania Superior Court reversed the lower court verdict, in which the judge found in favor of the defendant based in part on plaintiff’s failure to wear her...

When Analyzing the Renewal of an Insurance Policy, Consistency is Key

Recently, the District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania in Vasquez et al v. Nationwide Property & Casualty Insurance Company, 2024 WL 4339987 (E.D.Pa. September 27, 2024) analyzed an insurance coverage concerning whether an underinsured motorist...

Homeowner and Auto Insurance Premiums Skyrocket Nationwide

Over the past several years homeowners’ insurance and auto insurance policy premiums have been increasing across the country. Between 2023 and 2024, homeowner and auto insurance premiums increased on average by 23% and 26% respectively. This rise in premiums can be...

Household Exclusion Hits the Brakes on Uninsured Dirt Bike UIM Claims

Third Circuit Enforces Household Exclusion to Bar Recovery While Operating Unlicensed Dirt Bike Recently, the United States Court of Appeals for The Third Circuit in Mid-Century Insurance Company v. Werley, No. 23-1822 (3d Cir. 2024) analyzed and upheld the validity...

Elemental, My Dear Warwick

Recently, in Warwick v. Golden Properties LLC et al. No. 1316 WDA 2023, the Pennsylvania Superior Court affirmed the lower court verdict, in which the jury found in favor of the defendants when it determined that the plaintiff did not meet her burden of proof in...

Credit is Earned, Not Assumed

Superior Court Rejects Arguments that Insurer’s Entitlement to UIM Credit is Self-Executing In a recent decision, the Pennsylvania Superior Court in Tachony v. LM Gen. Ins. Co., No. 1902 EDA 2023, 2024 WL 3042206 (Pa. Super. 2024), affirmed an order denying the...

The Epidemic, Part IV

Sudden-Moving-Ladder Syndrome Strikes Again! Is there no end? In a recent decision, the Supreme Court, New York County gave us yet another look at Sudden-Moving-Ladder Syndrome in action.  In Zuniga v. Trinity NYC Hotel, LLC, 2024 NY Slip Op 32293(U), plaintiff was...