Founders Insurance Co. v. Hamilton (Lawyers Weekly No. 002-108-15, 7 pp.) (J. Michelle Childs, J.) 5:15-cv-00408; D.S.C. Holding: In a declaratory judgment action – brought by an insurer to determine whether or not its liquor liability policy obligates it to ...

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Williams v. Government Employees Insurance Co. (Lawyers Weekly No. 010-096-14, 19 pp.) (Donald Beatty, J.) (Costa Pleicones, J., joined by John Kittredge, J., concurring in part & dissenting in part) Appealed from Richland County Circuit Court (George James Jr., J.) ...

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Robinson v. American General Life Insurance Co. (Lawyers Weekly No. 002-142-14, 5 pp.) (Joseph Anderson Jr., J.) 3:14-cv-01325; D.S.C. Holding: Since plaintiffs’ decedent agreed that insanity could not be used to avoid the suicide exclusion in his life insurance policy, ...

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Graves v. CAS Medical Systems Expert witness testimony is inadmissible where computer experts’ opinions are shown unreliable as scientific evidence and as nonscientific evidence. Likewise, a doctor’s testimony may be excluded where she is shown not to be an expert in sudden infant death syndrome, the subject of her testimony.

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Universal North America v. Frey The homeowners’ policy issued by the insurer to defendant excludes coverage for “personal injury” that is “sustained by any person as a result of an offense directly or indirectly related to the employment of this person by an ‘insured.’”

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Whitlock v. Stewart Title Guaranty Co. A title insurance policy’s exclusion for loss resulting from government police power or regulation concerning land use and improvements on the land does not apply “to violations or enforcement of these matters which appear in the public records at Policy Date,” which was Oct. 30, 2006. The exclusion thus does not apply to an Army Corps of Engineer spoilage easement on record since the 1930’s, nor does it apply to a 2003 county resolution which prohibits building permits except to replace existing structures.

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Hutchinson v. Liberty Life Insurance Co. Even though methamphetamine is not medically classified as a "narcotic," it is ordinarily understood as such; therefore, the policy exclusion for injury . . .

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