LePatner and Associates, LLP v. RSUI Group, Inc.

  1. November 17, 2023

    2nd Circ. Won't Rehear Suit On Insurer's Duty To Defend

    The Second Circuit has announced it will not hold a full court rehearing on its panel decision that insurer RSUI Group Inc. had no obligation to defend an attorney's construction company against breach of contract claims because its policy only covered lawsuits over legal services.

  2. October 25, 2023

    2nd Circ. Insurer Win Stirs Fears Over Mixed Coverage Claims

    A Second Circuit decision freeing a New York law firm's insurer from defending it in a suit against an attorney's construction management company raises questions about how courts treat cases involving mixed coverage claims and parties.

  3. October 23, 2023

    2nd Circ. Urged To Rethink Insurer's Duty To Defend Suit Win

    A law firm has asked the Second Circuit to reconsider a panel's ruling that an action brought against an attorney's construction consulting company did not trigger a professional liability policy, saying the panel's decision guts an insurer's duty to defend.

  4. October 10, 2023

    2nd Circ. Upholds Insurer's Win In Duty to Defend Fight

    A law firm's insurer was correctly handed a win Tuesday in a duty to defend suit, a Second Circuit panel ruled, finding an underlying action brought against an attorney's construction management company did not trigger a professional liability policy.

  5. February 13, 2023

    2nd Circ. Urged To Uphold Insurance Ruling Against Atty

    An insurance company urged a federal appeals court to uphold a ruling that it does not have to cover an attorney in an underlying suit involving his construction company, arguing those claims do not fall under his policy for lawyers professional liability insurance.