Insured Contract The Enumerated Categories
The Five Specific Insured Contracts, and Why They Matter Most When the Catch-All Is Gone Parts One through Three of this series concentrated on the broad catch-all — subpart (f) of the insured contract definition — because it reaches the widest range of…
Insured Contracts: When the Carrier Gets It Wrong
Insured Contract Coverage, Excess Judgments, and Extra-Contractual Exposure The first two installments in this series were about coverage that exists. Part One located the insured contract provision in the Commercial General Liability (“CGL”), commercial…
Inside the Insured Contract
Indemnification, Assumption of Liability, and What Actually Triggers Coverage Part One introduced the insured contract provision identifying it in the three liability forms most often standing behind a commercial defendant — the Commercial General…
The Insured Contract Provision
An Overlooked Path to Coverage for Parties Who Are Neither Named Insureds Nor Additional Insureds When a plaintiff’s attorney evaluates available coverage in a serious injury or wrongful death case, the instinct is to identify the tortfeasor, locate the…
The Insurer’s Gambit: Federal Declaratory Judgment Actions in Bar & Restaurant Liability Disputes
What Golden Bear Ins. Co. v. Levee Bar & Grill Teaches About Forum Strategy — and How Defense Counsel Could Have Played It Differently Golden Bear Ins. Co. v. Levee Bar & Grill, LLC, No. 4:24-CV-00764-DGK (W.D. Mo. May 15, 2025) Missouri Injury…