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    The Federal District Court, District of Hawaii, found the earth movement exclusion barred coverage for the contractor when a landslide damaged the property. North River Ins. Co. v. H.K. Constr. Corp., 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 90110 (D. Haw. May 22, 2020). 
    Bruce and Yulin Bingle sued HK for damage caused to

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    The Washington Supreme Court found that a title insurer breached its duty to defend when it was discovered that a Native American tribe had rights to access the land under a treaty with the State of Washington. Robbins v. Mason County Title Insurance Co., 2020 Wash. LEXIS 288 (Wash. May 7, 2020).
 

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    The plaintiff’s failure to timely name an expert witness in his bad faith action led to sanctions being awarded against him in favor of the insurer. Black v. Fireman’s Fund Ins. Co., 2020 Cal. App. Unpub. LEXIS 2477 (Cal. Ct. App. April 23, 2020).
    After Black’s claim was denied by Fireman’s

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    The multi-peril policy did not provide coverage for ransom paid to a hacker in order to retrieve its servers. G&G Oil Co. of Ind. v. Cont’ W. Ins. Co., 2020 Ind. App. LEXIS 126 (March 31, 2020).
    G&G Oil Company held a multi-peril commercial policy from Continental. The Commercial Crime Coverage

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    The court found there was no coverage for the insureds’ alleged negligent failure to construct a building. Evanston Ins. Co. v. DCM Contracting, 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 63977 (N.D. Ga. Feb. 28, 2020).
    Turning Point Church sued DCM Contracting for faulty workmanship on a construction project. Turning Point sent a demand letter

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    The court granted the insurer’s motion for summary judgment, finding that the insured’s broker was not an agent of the carrier. Maxum Indem. Co. v. Broken Spoke Bar & Grill, 2020 U.S. District. LEXIS 49736 (W.D. Ky. March 23, 2020).
    The insured argued that “insurance Agent Clark” assured him that coverage

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