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Arizona Confirms Two “Claims”? Against Two Drivers Arising From One Accident Does Not Allow Insured to Stack UIM Coverage
Yeager v. State Farm Mut. Auto Ins. Co., 2017 WL 491121 (Ariz. App. February 7, 2017) Memorandum Decision, a declaratory judgment action, the Arizona Court of Appeals rejected an Insured’s argument that she could stack UIM coverage’s in separate policies issued by the...
Ninth Circuit Affirms Abuse Exclusion Precludes Coverage for Failure to Prevent or Stop Abuse in Arizona
American Family Mut. Ins. Co. v. Verdugo, 2017 WL 2211275 (9th Cir. 2017) Memorandum Decision, a coverage case arising from a homeowners policy, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed an Arizona District Court’s holding that an Abuse Exclusion precluded...
What is a Morris Agreement?
A “Morris Agreement” is a “settlement agreement entered into when the insurer is defending under a reservation of rights under which the insured stipulates to a judgment, assigns his rights against the insurer to the claimant, and receives in return a covenant from...
Ninth Circuit Revives Arizona Insured’s Attempt to Collect Stipulated Judgment From Insurer
Labertew v. Langemeier, 846 F.3d 1028 (9th Cir. 2017) The Ninth Circuit overruled the Arizona District Court’s dismissal of a garnishment filed by a Plaintiff/Assignee against an Insurer to collect a $1.5 million stipulated judgment entered against an Insurer...
Arizona District Court Strikes Most of Plaintiff’s Expert Opinion in Insurance Bad Faith Case
City of Phoenix v. First State Ins Co., 2016 WL 4592906 (D. Ariz. Sept. 2, 2016) (Order), a coverage and bad faith case arising from an Insurer denying an Insured, the City of Phoenix, defense and indemnity from a personal injury claim resulting from asbestos...
Arizona Bad Faith Insurance Update
In?Romero v. Mendota Ins. Co., 2016 WL 6775950 (D. Ariz. Nov. 16, 2016), the Arizona District Court granted a Motion to Remand a breach of contract and insurance bad faith case arising from UIM claims-despite the Insureds certifying the case was worth more than the...