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TODAY'S TOP DEVELOPMENTS Friday, February 21, 2014   Industry news, expert analysis, and daily updates on the most significant insurance coverage legal developments—from the insurance and legal experts of The National Underwriter Company.  CASE LAW Professional Liability Insurance New York's Top Court Vacates K2 Investment Ruling New York's highest court, the New York Court of Appeals, has vacated its decision in K2 Investment Group, LLC v. American Guarantee & Liability Ins. Co., which held that American Guarantee & Liability Insurance Company's breach of its duty to defend barred it from relying on policy exclusions, and now has agreed with American Guarantee that it erred in K2-I by failing to take account of a controlling precedent, Servidone Const. Corp. v Security Ins. Co. of Hartford. Read More Commercial Auto New York's Highest Court Finds Insurer's Disclaimer in Noncooperation Case Was Timely, Reversing Ruling In Favor of Underlying Plaintiffs New York's highest court, the New York Court of Appeals, has reversed a decision by an intermediate appellate court against an insurance company, ruling that the insurer's disclaimer for noncooperation had been timely. Read More Workers Compensation Workers Comp Law May Bar Contribution and Indemnity Action Although Employer Had Hired Undocumented Aliens, New York’s Highest Court Rules New York’s highest court, the New York Court of Appeals, has ruled that an employer that allegedly hired undocumented aliens in violation of federal law did not lose the benefit of a provision of the state’s Workers’ Compensation Law limiting the ability of a third party to assert contribution and indemnity claims against the employer. Read More Superstorm Sandy Over 800 Superstorm Sandy Coverage Cases Are Pending in the Eastern District of New York The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York, which sits in Brooklyn, New York, and on Long Island, has over 800 insurance coverage-related cases pending that stem from Superstorm Sandy, which hit the area at the end of October 2012. Read More View All Case Law Developments    LEGISLATIVE/REGULATORY In the States Legislators Across the Country Are Proposing Bills to Fight Insurance Fraud A number of legislators from states across the country are proposing bills that they believe would cut down on insurance fraud. Read More Homeowners Insurance Tennessee Bills Would Change Insurance Coverage of Sinkhole Losses and Subsequent Structural Repairs Bills have been introduced in the Tennessee House and Senate that would make various changes concerning insurance coverage of sinkhole losses and subsequent structural repair. Read More View All Legislative/Regulatory Developments      INDUSTRY NEWS Hank Greenberg's Starr Investment Holdings Leads $4.4 Billion Acquisition of MultiPlan  Read More FC&S Legal Publishes Nelson Levine de Luca & Hamilton's Bad Faith Compendium: Georgia  Read More Shipman & Goodwin Lands 8 Insurance Attorneys from Drinker Biddle & Reath  Read More IronPro Introduces Network Security and Privacy Breach Coverage for Lawyers Professional Liability Program  Read More Insurance and Reinsurance Lawyer Steve Schwartz Joins Chaffetz Lindsey as a Partner  Read More View All Industry News Form DP 00 01 07 14 Dwelling Property 1 - Basic Form Browse our entire library of over 2,500 insurance resources and forms.    INSURANCE COVERAGE  LAW REPORT View Entire February Insurance Coverage Law Report   View Insurance Coverage Law Report Archives Steven A. Meyerowitz, ESQ. Director, FC&S Legal [email protected] Victoria Prussen Spears, ESQ. Associate Director, FC&S Legal [email protected] FC&S Legal Editorial Advisory Board Mitchell J. Auslander, Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP Carrie Cope, Schuyler, Roche & Crisham, P.C. Anjali C. Das, Wilson Elser John F. Finnegan, Chadbourne & Parke LLP Michele L. Jacobson, Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP Timothy P. Law, Reed Smith LLP Donald S. Malecki, Malecki, Deimling, Nielander & Associates, LLC Cort T. Malone, Anderson Kill & Olick, P.C. D. Milone, Kelley Drye & Warren LLP Joseph P. Monteleone, Tressler LLP Anne M. Murray, Rivkin Radler LLP Jerold Oshinsky, Kasowitz, Benson, Torres & Friedman LLP Seth B. Schafler, Proskauer Rose LLP David D. Thamann, The National Underwriter Company FC&S Daily Legal Report ($1,295 annual subscription) is included as part of your subscription to FC&S Legal: The Insurance Information Center. 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