Six Dysart Taylor Attorneys Named 2021 Best Lawyers

Amanda Pennington Ketchum, Awards + Rankings, Christopher J. Anderson, Construction, Employment Law, Estate Planning, Estate Planning, Probate & Wealth Preservation, H. Joseph Price, Jr., Insurance, John F. Wilcox, Jr., Lee B. Brumitt, Litigation & Dispute Resolution, News, Patrick K. McMonigle, Private and Family Owned Business, Real Estate, Tax

August 20, 2020 Dysart Taylor is pleased to announce six firm attorneys have been selected by their peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America 2021 in 11 practice areas. In addition, of counsel Christopher J. Anderson was selected as a Lawyer of the Year in...

Insurance Law Alert: Read Before Applying

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June 17, 2020 By Kent Bevan In Johnson v. State Farm Mutual Auto Insurance Company, Johnson appealed the trial court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of State Farm, which upheld an owned-vehicle uninsured motorist (UM) exclusion clause in two auto policies...

Insurance Law Alert: Duty to Defend Examined

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March 18, 2020 By Kent Bevan An insurance case, American Family Mutual Insurance Company v. Robert M. Sharon, examines the definition of “occurrence” and various policy exclusions raised by American Family. The plaintiff and homeowner, Robert Sharon, sued the sellers,...

Insurance Law: Analyzing Collapse

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February 11, 2020 By Kent Bevan In Westchester Surplus Lines Insurance Company et al. v. Interstate Underground Warehouse, Interstate operated an underground storage facility in a cave that formerly housed a limestone mine near Kansas City, Missouri. Interstate...

Insurance Law: Exclusion Override

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January 15, 2020 By Kent Bevan In Messina v. Shelter Insurance Company, the plaintiff, Messina, insured his home using Shelter Insurance Company. A brick veneer on an exterior wall of the house collapsed and Messina filed a property damage claim with Shelter, which...

Insurance Law: Covered or Excluded?

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December 18, 2019 By Kent Bevan In Midwest Family Mutual Insurance Company v. Hari Om Rudra Hotel, LLC (hotel) the plaintiff, Midwest Family Mutual Insurance Company (MFM), issued a business owner’s policy to the hotel. During the policy term, water infiltrated...