Congratulations To John Grisham: Who Says Proximate Cause Is So Hard To Understand?
I had the privilege of interviewing John Grisham for the November 11, 2015 issue of Coverage Opinions. At the time, his new book, Rogue Lawyer, was #1 on The New York Times Best Seller List. It is now eight weeks later and Rogue Lawyer is still on the NYT list – having slipped only to the #3 spot. Look what happens when John Grisham gives an interview to Coverage Opinions.

Coverage Decision Written In Spanish
I read a lot of coverage decisions. However, I have never seen one like the Tribunal Supremo de Puerto Rico’s in Candelaria v. City of Angels, Inc., No. 2014-163 (P.R. Dec. 4, 2015). It is written entirely in Spanish.

Despite having lived in Spain for four years I do not speak Spanish. It’s a long story. But it looks like the decision has something to do with a “professional services” exclusion in a CGL Policy. The opinion states near the top: “Este recurso nos brinda la oportunidad de expresarnos sobre el alcance de una cláusula de exclusión de servicios profesionales incluida en una póliza de Responsabilidad General Comercial.”

The now and then coverage decisions that I see from the U.S. District Court in Puerto Rico are written in English. Anyway, just thought this was unusual enough to mention here.

Rutgers Law Review Devoted To ALI Restatement Of The Law Of Liability Insurance
Those of you following the ALI’s drafting of the Restatement Of The Law Of Liability Insurance will be interested to know that the Rutgers Law Review recently published an issue dedicated to the project. It is a compilation of various articles that were prepared for the law school’s February 27, 2015 conference on the liability insurance Restatement. A copy of the issue can be found at the Rutgers Law Review’s website.

In Remembrance: Joe Jamail – “King of Torts” (Coverage Opinions Interviewee)
Joe Jamail, dubbed the “King of Torts” by many, died on December 23. Jamail was the richest practicing lawyer in America. But that has nothing to do with the fact that Forbes recently listed his net worth at $1.6 billion. There’s more than one definition of the word “rich.” It can also mean deep in color. And there may be no lawyer – ever – who had more color than Joe Jamail.

I had the honor (and fun) of interviewing Jamail last year for Coverage Opinions. I asked him where does a person sit when they are in football stadium (University of Texas) that bares their name. It was a funny exchange. Here’s the article (which was picked up by Above the Law as part of its coverage of Jamail’s death):

http://www.coverageopinions.info/Vol3Issue6/CurrentIssue.html