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Punching a Person in the Face is an Excluded Intentional ActRead the full article at https://lnkd.in/gymwEPRG and at https://zalma.com/blog and see the full video at https://lnkd.in/gTFqywxD and at https://lnkd.in/g_9GtYNYAlphonso Williams, appealed a judgment granting the motion for summary judgment of the defendant, ANPAC Louisiana Insurance Company (“ANPAC”). The trial court dismissed plaintiff’s claims against ANPAC, finding the intentional act exclusion in the insurance...

Stacking Claim Properly Denied Because of Waiver Read the full article at https://lnkd.in/g42rnDph and at https://zalma.com/blog plus more than 4250 posts. Tina Bubonovich was involved in a two-car vehicular accident. After recovering the available limits of the other driver’s liability coverage and her own underinsured motorist (UIM) coverage, she filed a claim seeking the proceeds from her resident son’s UIM coverage. When that claim was denied, she sued State Farm Mutual...

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Insured’s Release of Insurer Defeats Claim of Third Party Read the full article at https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/assignment-claim-against-insurer-after-insured-signed-barry and at https://zalma.com/blog plus more than 4250 posts. Insured’s Release of Insurer Defeats Claim of Third Party Posted on June 29, 2022 by Barry Zalma When a CT Scanner was destroyed as a result of two fires at the storage facility claims were presented and suits filed against the warehouse, Blocker...

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