BatesCarey’s Jordon S. Steinway shared insights with 30 claims adjusters on commercial auto claims and best practices for drafting reservation of rights letters.

BatesCarey’s David J. Buishas moderated a panel of railroad industry professionals at the 26th Annual Railroad Liability Seminar in Essex, Vermont on July 10-12, 2019.

The creation of a “negotiating class” to settle thousands of the nation’s opioid lawsuits may have far reaching implications for tort defendants and their insurers. Adam H. Fleischer, Chair of BatesCarey’s Opioid Coverage Task Force, examines these issues in his latest Law360 Expert Analysis.

Adam H. Fleischer will address insurance coverage issues related to the expanding breadth of opioid liability claims in a CLE webinar Wednesday, May 22, 2019.

After a respected web site published an article critical of BatesCarey’s client’s appellate victory in Westport v. California Casualty, Adam Fleischer responded with this retort in Law360 explaining why the decision was strong and sound for both insurers and their insureds.

Opioid Coverage Task Force member Patrick Bedell shares insights with Bloomberg Law on a Connecticut court’s recent dismissal of claims against opioid drugmakers in the article “Purdue Attacks Charges That Opioid Marketing Caused Overdoses.”

Jason P. Minkin, Jonathan A. Cipriani, and Melissa A. Sereda authored a note appearing in Insurance Marine News entitled On The Sea, But Not A Seaman.  The article examines a recent US Court decision addressing the remedies available to maritime workers under the Jones Act and general maritime law.

In his February 2019 Insurance Law IICLE Flashpoints column, Michael “Mickey” Passman examines a recent federal decision confirming the rule that the insured has the burden of demonstrating coverage.

While the Jones Act and general maritime law provide injured maritime workers with remedies, these remedies, as reflected in a recent federal decision and the precedents it follows, are not available to every maritime worker who sustains an injury on the water. In Ross v. W&T Offshore, Inc., 2018 WL 6492762 (E.D. La. Dec. 10, 2018) (slip copy), the court, reinforcing the threshold requirements necessary for seeking relief under the Jones Act and general maritime law, rejected the contention that an employee injured on an oil platform permanently affixed to the sea floor can seek recovery under either the Jones Act or general maritime law.

In his January 2019 Insurance Law IICLE Flashpoints column, Michael “Mickey” Passman examines a recent Illinois Appellate Court decision confirming that an insurer’s duty to defend is determined by the facts alleged against the insured, not the legal labels used to characterize those facts.