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TODAY'S TOP DEVELOPMENTS Friday, March 3, 2017     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 An Immigrant's Story From the Fields of Mexico to a Landmark Idaho Supreme Court Ruling on a Disabled Workers Compensation Rights This is the story of how Rodrigo Rodriguez, who was born in Mexico and who worked in the fields there as a young child, and who later immigrated to the United States, just litigated a landmark workers compensation issue before the Idaho Supreme Court — and won.  Read More Superstorm Sandy New York's Top Court Rejects Coverage for Tower Crane Damaged by Superstorm Sandy New York's highest court has ruled that a contractor's tools exclusion in a builder's risk insurance program precluded coverage for damage to a tower crane caused by Superstorm Sandy — and that the exclusion did not make the coverage afforded under the temporary works provision of the insurance program illusory. Read More Commercial Auto Montana Supreme: No Coverage under Commercial Auto Policy for Damage Caused by Burning Downed Trees The Montana Supreme Court, reversing a trial court's decision, has ruled that a commercial auto insurance policy did not cover damages resulting from the burning of trees that had been cut down so they would not fall on vehicles insured by the policy. Read More Endorsements Insurer Had No Duty to Defend Suit Alleging College's Negligence Led to Rape of 19-Year-Old Coed, Mississippi District Court Rules A federal district court in Mississippi has ruled that a college's insurance company had no duty to defend the college against a negligence lawsuit alleging that a 19-year-old student had been assaulted and raped on the college's campus.  Read More View All Case Law Developments    LEGISLATIVE/REGULATORY Health Insurance In Settlement with N.J. Regulator, Horizon Blue Cross/Blue Shield Agrees to Pay $1.1 Million to Settle Privacy Breach Allegations New Jersey's largest healthcare provider, Horizon Healthcare Services, Inc., has agreed to pay $1.1 million and improve data security practices to settle allegations by the New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs that it failed to properly protect the privacy of nearly 690,000 New Jersey policyholders whose personal information was contained on two laptops stolen from the insurer's Newark headquarters. Read More Health Insurance State Regulators Persuade Anthem to Offer Credit Freeze to Minors Impacted by 2015 Cyber Attack At the request of state regulators, Anthem has agreed to offer a special minor credit freeze program to parents and legal guardians of minors whose information was involved in the 2015 cyber attack against the company. Read More View All Legislative/Regulatory Developments      INDUSTRY NEWS Motor Vehicle Deaths in 2016 Estimated to be Highest in Nine Years  Read More A Glowing Message About Berkshire Hathaway, and the U.S. Economy, from Warren Buffet  Read More Firefighters See Jump in Cancer Rates, and Expanded Insurance Coverage, Washington Post Reports  Read More First Superstorm Sandy. Now, Long Island's Coastal Homeowners Face up to 18 Percent Jump in Flood Insurance Costs  Read More MetLife is First U.S. Insurer to Achieve Carbon Neutrality  Read More View All Industry News   Discussion Breach of Warranty Claims and Contractual Exclusion Browse our entire library of over 2,500 insurance resources and forms.    INSURANCE COVERAGE  LAW REPORT View Entire Winter Insurance Coverage Law Report   View Insurance Coverage Law Report Archives   Steven A. Meyerowitz, ESQ. Director, FC&S Legal smeyerowitz@alm.com Victoria Prussen Spears, ESQ. Associate Director, FC&S Legal vspears@alm.com FC&S Legal Editorial Advisory Board Mitchell J. Auslander, Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP Carrie Cope, Cope Ehlers, 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 Cort T. Malone, Anderson Kill, P.C. Richard D. Milone, Kelley Drye & Warren LLP Joseph P. Monteleone, Rivkin Radler LLP Anne M. Murray, Rivkin Radler LLP Jerold Oshinsky, Kasowitz, Benson, Torres & Friedman LLP Seth B. Schafler, Proskauer Rose LLP Thomas F. Segalla, Goldberg Segalla 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. FC&S Daily Legal Report and The Insurance Coverage Law Report are publications of The National Underwriter Company. For more information, visit www.fcandslegal.com. To subscribe to FC&S Legal, please contact customer service at 1-800-543-0874 or customerservice@nuco.com. FC&S Legal: The Insurance Coverage Law Information Center    LinkedIn   To ensure future delivery of email, please add admin@list.nationalunderwriter.com to your address book, contacts or safe sender list. You have received this email at %%merge members_.emailaddr_%%. Click here to unsubscribe from %%merge list.descshort%%. 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