In State Farm Fire and Casualty Company v. Orenstein, et al., a declaratory judgment action, the defendant-insureds asserted counterclaims against the insurer claiming that the taking of presuit examinations under oath (“EUO”) constituted bad faith. They further alleged that this is particularly the case in the context of third-party liability claims. Halloran & Sage, on […]

In an opinion released on February 5, 2008, the Connecticut Supreme Court affirmed the entry of summary judgment in favor of the Universal Underwriters Insurance Company. Universal Underwriters Ins. Co. v. Paradis, Docket Nos. SC 17756, 17757, slip. op. (Conn. 2008). The opinion is a favorable result for the insurance industry. Universal had commenced a […]

In State Farm Mut. Auto Ins. Co. v. Ritchie, et al., 3:10-CV-00352 (AVC), the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut (Covello, J.), recently granted State Farm’s motion to dismiss counterclaims alleging breach of contract and bad faith in a declaratory judgment action arising out of an insurance coverage dispute. Halloran & Sage […]

H & S’s Insurance Coverage Group successfully tried a declaratory judgment action on behalf of National Grange and then successfully defended that judgment on appeal to the Connecticut Supreme Court. As the underlying tort claim was a death action, National Grange’s $1,000,000 liability limits were clearly at risk. On appeal, the Supreme Court considered two […]

Halloran & Sage obtained a pair of favorable summary judgment rulings in Federal Court barring coverage under homeowners’ policies on the basis that the conduct alleged in the underlying complaint was essentially intentional tortious conduct and did not constitute an occurrence under the defendant/insured’s policy. On this basis, the courts ruled that the insured was […]

In Travelers Property Casualty Company of America v. Continental Casualty Company, 2010 Conn. Super. LEXIS 1169 (Conn. Super. Ct. May 27, 2010) (Cosgrove, J.), Halloran & Sage’s Insurance Coverage Group successfully obtained summary judgment in a declaratory judgment action involving an insurance coverage dispute arising from a slip-and-fall at a construction site. In the underlying […]

Halloran & Sage is pleased to sponsor the Connecticut Bar Association Young Lawyers Section’s upcoming Diversity Town Hall: “Navigating Race and the Constitutional Rights of Students and the Media at American Universities.” Matthew Necci, Chair of the Firm’s Workers’ Compensation Practice Group, is also Chair of the YLS. The free program—to be held on February […]

The Connecticut Superior Court, Dooley, J., granted a motion to strike an insured’s bad faith claim in Trans-Clean Corp. v. Evanston Ins. Co., et al., No. FBT-CV-09-4028802 (Sept. 23, 2010).  In its complaint, the insured alleged that State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company violated the duty of good faith and fair dealing by denying coverage […]

In Sullivan v. Guzman, 42 CLR 233 (Adams, J.), the Firm represented a liability insurer which took the position it had no duty to afford coverage to a defendant in an underlying liability claim. Because the tort defendant thus had no coverage, the tort plaintiff amended the underlying liability claim to add his uninsured motorist […]

In Acmat v. Greater New York Mutual Insurance Company, a decision officially released on May 29, 2007, the Connecticut Supreme Court held that policyholders may only recover attorney’s fees in coverage litigation where the insured proves a claim of common-law or statutory bad faith. Up until now, most insureds had been asserting claims for attorney’s […]