Representative Matters

Woosley v. State Auto Prop. & Cas. Ins. Co.,  2021 WL 2172947 (Ky. Ct. App. May 28, 2021), review denied (Mar. 16, 2022):  Obtained summary judgment ruling  and successfully defended the same at all three levels of the Kentucky judiciary holding that insurer owed no coverage and did not act in bad faith in denying coverage for a wrongful death claim under the terms of the insurer’s liability policy. 

Michigan Millers Mut. Ins. Co. v. Westport Insurance Corporation (f/k/a Employers Reins.), No. 1:14-cv-00151 (W.D. Mich.) Successfully represented reinsurer in a dispute against its cedent regarding the allocation between multiple reinsurance treaties of $14 million in loss and claim expense that the cedent incurred in connection with five underlying lawsuits, including bad faith claims for failure-to-settle.  Issues involved examination of bad faith liability as between umbrella and primary claims handling, as well as protection of reinsurer communications within its in-house legal department.

Walker v. North American Specialty Ins. Co., et al., No. 1:14-cv-69-WLS (M.D. Ga.) Obtained summary judgment ruling that excess insurer did not owe UIM coverage and did not act in bad faith in denying $5 million UIM claim on the grounds that the plaintiff’s settlement with the underlying primary insurer did not properly exhaust the limits underlying the excess carrier’s coverage.

Presentations

Africa Emerging Risks Industry Seminar, PFAS; Munich Re Johannesburg (September 2024)

PFAS: Liability and Coverage for Forever Chemicals (Webinar, April 2023)

Safeguarding Against the Unpredictable:  Negligent Security and Active Shooter Claims (CLM Southeast Conference, October 2019)

Concussion Claims: Coming to a Head (Chicago, March 2015)

Publications

“PFAS:  Liability and Coverage for the Forever Chemicals,” White Paper (May 11, 2022)

"Choice-of-Law Issues Regarding Coverage," in Insurance Law (Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education, 2020)

“CTE Before the Grave:  A Game Changer for Concussion Litigation,” in CLM Magazine (April 2018)

Transportation of Shale Oil and Gas Resources in Environmental and Health Issues in Unconventional Oil and Gas Development,  (Debra Kaden & Tracie Rose eds., 2016) (co-author)

"Choice-of-Law Issues Regarding Coverage," in Insurance Law (Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education, 2015)