McDonough Presents at National Bad Faith Conference
Brian McDonough gave a presentation on “Tactical Considerations for Exercising the Right, and Terminating the Duty, to Defend” at the Defense Research Institute’s June 2009 Insurance Bad Faith and Extra-Contractual Claims Symposium.
Continue Reading →McDonough Obtains Summary Judgment for Insurer in Bad Faith Case
Brian McDonough obtained summary judgment dismissal of an action against Commerce and Industry Insurance Company and AIG Domestic Claims, Inc. in May 2009. The suit included claims of unfair insurance practices and fraudulent inducement based upon alleged misrepresentations by claims handlers regarding coverage for purported rehabilitation services provided by a brain injury treatment facility to… Continue Reading →
Continue Reading →Cohen Appointed Chair of Professional Liability Insurance Coverage Group
Mark Cohen was appointed Chair of the Defense Research Institute’s Professional Liability subcommittee of the Insurance Law Committee in February 2009.
Continue Reading →Cohen Prevails on Insurance Coverage and Bad Faith Issues in First Circuit
In an opinion issued in December 2008, Mark Cohen represented National Union Fire Insurance Company in the successful appeal affirming a defense verdict in a bad faith and insurance coverage case in the District of Massachusetts. National Union Fire Ins. Co. of Pittsburgh, Pa. v. West Lake Academy, 548 F.3d 8 (1st Cir. 2008).
Continue Reading →Defense Verdict for Cohen and Maselek
Mark Cohen and R.J. Maselek obtained a defense verdict for Lexington Insurance Company in Lifestyles v. Lexington Insurance Company, a case arbitrated in September 2008 before the American Arbitration Association. The arbitration concerned the availability of coverage under an Employment Practices Liability Insurance policy and whether the insurer was estopped from raising coverage defenses.
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