2016 Insurance Coverage Litigation Year In Review

By Sandra Smith Thayer, Liner LLP ( January 3, 2017, 6:14 PM EST) -- Courts throughout the United States handed down a number of important insurance coverage decisions for policyholders in 2016. This article briefly summarizes a few of the key insurance coverage cases involving the application of the concurrent cause doctrine, coverage for claims against insureds arising out of the faulty workmanship of subcontractors under the "subcontractor exception" to the "your work" exclusion in commercial general liability (CGL) policies, whether intentional acts can be considered an "occurrence" under CGL policies, whether attorneys' fees incurred in pursuing coverage in California can be considered in determining the ratio between compensatory and punitive damages, and Wyoming's adoption of the notice-prejudice rule....

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