Introduction: Selection Process And The Year's Biggest Bust

Cases are listed in the order decided.
 
Regan Heating & Air Conditioning v. Arbella Protection Ins. Co., 287 A.3d 502 (R.I. 2023)
Supreme Court Says That Home Heating Oil Is Not A "Pollutant" [And Delivers The Line Of The Year]
 
Glidedowan, LLC v. Hiscox, Inc., 2023 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 38852 (W.D.N.Y. Mar. 8, 2023)
Logo On ROR Letter Gets Coverage Action Booted From Federal Court
 
Dorchester Mutual Ins. Co. v. Miville, 204 N.E.3d 382 (Mass. 2023)
"Bodily Injury": Some Insurers Are Making Their Lives Unnecessarily Complex

Hemphill v. Landmark Am. Ins. Co., 2023 U.S. App. LEXIS 8079 (3d Cir. April 5, 2023)
Fascinating Use Of Insurer's Concluding Non-Waiver Statement In A Reservation of Right
 
Nodak Insurance Company v. Farm Family Casualty Ins. Co., 990 N.W.2d 595 (N.D. 2023)
The So-Easy-To-Avoid Self-Inflicted Policy Drafting Error

Lionbridge Technologies, LLC v. Valley Forge Ins. Co., 2023 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 163133 (D. Mass. Sept. 14, 2023)
Allocation Of Defense Costs When Same Defense Counsel Representing An Insured and Non-Insured
 
TIG Insurance Co. v. Swiss Re, 2023 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 165288 (S.D.N.Y. Sept. 18, 2023)
One Insurer Seeks To Avoid Another Insurer's Attorney-Client Privilege
 
Scott Fetzer Co. v. Am. Home Assur. Co., 2023 Ohio LEXIS 2163 (Ohio Nov. 1, 2023).
Are The Choice Of Law Rules For A Bad Faith Claim Different?
 
Franco v. Reinhardt, 2023 Haw. LEXIS 208 (Haw. Nov. 30, 2023)
Insurer Can't Locate The Insured: What To Do About Its Duty To Defend 
 
Bryce Corp. v. XL Insurance America Inc., 2023 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 230390 (S.D.N.Y. Dec. 28, 2023)
Court Addresses That New York Choice Of Law Clause: It Can Make It Anywhere