Amendment to Virginia Code §8.01-420.
On February 21, 2019, the Governor signed a Bill amending Virginia Code Section 8.01-420. Virginia Code Section 8.01-420 expressly states that depositions cannot be used in support of a Motion for Summary Judgment. The recently enacted amendment to this statute allows depositions to be used, but only in the limited situation where the
March 14, 2019
Tags: Litigation, Insurance Coverage, Virginia Legislative Alert
Bill SB1117 Stuck in Committee
In reaction to the Supreme Court of Virginia’s 2017 decision in Manu v. GEICO Cas. Co., 293 Va. 371 (2017), a bill was introduced to the General Assembly in 2018, seeking to impose bad faith on UM/UIM insurance carriers. In 2018, the proposed legislation died in a Senate committee. In 2019, another substantively identical UM/UIM bad faith bill was proposed, SB1117.
February 21, 2019
Matthew Haynes and Brennan Morrissett obtained a defense verdict on behalf of a mutual insurance company in a Virginia Circuit Court jury trial. The plaintiff/insured filed a 1st party suit against his homeowner’s insurer alleging breach of contract.
Plaintiff sought to recover more than $250,000 in alleged personal property losses and additional living expenses he claimed resulted from a fire that completely destroyed his residence. Plaintiff sought these amounts eighteen months after the fire, and in addition to
January 29, 2019
Tags: News, Litigation, Local Counsel, Updates, verdicts, Insurance Coverage
McCandlish Holton Director Michael H. Gladstone successfully represented a Virginia business in a claim removed from state court to the U.S. District Court on a life insurance policy covering one of the company’s key executives. The policy death benefit exceeded $1,000,000. The insurer had denied the claim alleging material misrepresentations by the decedent in answering health-related questions on the insurance application. After discovery depositions of several of the insurer’s executives, the litigation was resolved at mediation, avoiding the necessity of a trial.
May 2, 2018
Tags: News, Employment Law, Litigation, Business Law, Updates, Insurance Coverage
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