In the case of Wiretek, Inc. v. The Phoenix Insurance Company and The Travelers Indemnity Company (decision unpublished), the Connecticut superior court for the Judicial District of Hartford recently struck three causes of action from the plaintiff’s complaint, asserting waiver and violations of the Connecticut Unfair Insurance and Unfair Trade Practices’ Acts, respectively. Specifically, the […]

In Tina Perkins, Administratrix of the Estate of Tyrell Harris, et al. v. Hermitage Insurance Company, 2013 WL 951373 (Conn. Super. Ct., J.D. of Ansonia-Milford, Feb. 13, 2013), the Connecticut Superior Court (Matasavage, J.), held that the defendant-insurer, Hermitage Insurance Company (“Hermitage”), did not owe a duty to defend or indemnify its insured, Kangaroo’s Nite […]

The Insurance Law Practice Group tried and won an insurance coverage dispute in the case of Cornish Contracting v. Travelers Indemnity Company of America, Docket No. KNL-CV-5001208. In Cornish Contracting, Travelers denied coverage to the plaintiff after the plaintiff gave late notice of a claim for wind and water damage to a commercial property in […]

Following a trial to the court, Daniel Scapellati, of the Insurance Law Group, obtained a verdict in favor of their insurer-client in the case Carford v. Empire Fire & Marine Ins. Co., 2012 WL 4040337 (Conn.Super.), in which the plaintiff claimed that the insurer negligently failed to tender its $1,000,000 policy limit when it was […]

In Northeast Utilities Service Co., et al. v. St. Paul Fire and Marine Ins. Co., et al., No. 3:08–CV–01673 (CSH) (D. Conn., July 12, 2012), the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut (Haight, J.) held that the defendant-insurers did not owe a duty to defend or indemnify the plaintiffs, Northeast Utilities Service […]

On December 24, 2012, the Court, Zemetis, J., granted Empire Fire and Marine Insurance Company’s (“Empire”) Motion for Summary Judgment in a case involving an issue of first impression in Connecticut regarding the federally mandated MCS-90 endorsement.  The facts of the case can be summarized as follows: The plaintiff, Renee Martinez, filed a lawsuit against […]

In Town of Branford v. Arrowood Indem. Co., et al., 2014 WL 570906 (Superior Court, J.D. of Hartford, Jan. 14, 2014), the Connecticut Superior Court (Sheridan, J.) held that the defendant-insurers, Arrowood Indemnity Company and American Alternative Insurance Company, did not owe a duty to defend or indemnify their insured, the Town of Branford, under […]

In Hermitage Insurance Company v. Sportsmen’s Athletic Club, et al., 2008 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 65138 (D. Conn. Aug. 25, 2008), the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut (Bryant, J.) held that the plaintiff insurer did not owe a duty to defend or indemnify its insured, Sportsmen’s Athletic Club (“Sportsmen’s”), under a commercial […]

In Selective Insurance Company v. Oliveira, 2009 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 41660 (D.Conn. May 18, 2009), the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut granted summary judgment to the carrier where the carrier asserted that, based upon the insured's lack of cooperation, it had no obligation to defend or indemnify the insured in three […]

Halloran & Sage was pleased to be a gold sponsor, presenter and exhibitor at the 2016 New England Mortgage Expo, held recently at Mohegan Sun, for the third consecutive year. NEME, held annually and presented by the Connecticut Mortgage Bankers Association and The Warren Group, is the largest, most inclusive regional mortgage conference.