Thank you to all who attended my session on October 22nd at the 14th Annual White and Williams Coverage College.  I presented “Coverage Opinions Greatest Hits.”
 
I’m very selective in the cases that I choose to address in CO.  They generally need to provide a lesson for insurers or have the potential to influence other courts or have something novel about them.  The overarching test is this -- I ask myself: Will the reader find this case interesting or useful?  

In this W&W Coverage College session, I reviewed some of the best cases, over the past several years from Coverage Opinions, that satisfied this selection criteria.  The cases were wide-ranging and included some of the most unique addressing all manner of issues, such as the following:

• Most Ridiculous Argument Ever Made For Coverage – Will Never Be Topped
• Solving The Dispute Over The Rate To Pay Independent Counsel
• One Insurer Settles A Claim.  Can That Fact Be Used By A Different Insured, Against A Different (Non-Settling) Insurer, As Evidence Of Bad Faith?
• Insurer Has Right To Settle.  But Insured Refuses To Sign The Settlement Agreement: Now What?
• Insurer Excludes Products Coverage And Pays $1,000,000 For Products Claim
• Coverage Counsel Authors Insurer’s Letters -- Leads To Waiver of Attorney-Client Privilege
• Choice of Law: Is the Answer Different for Bad Faith?
• and lots more….

           
The presentation was well-received.  I’d like to reprise it one of these days as a stand-alone webinar.

Thanks again to all who attended.