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Eleventh Circuit Apparently Expands Insurance Coverage Under Alabama Law

Thu Jun 18, 2015 Legal Alerts

Just months after issuing its Carithers opinion applying an expansive view of Florida coverage law, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals rendered its opinion in Pennsylvania National Mutual Casualty Insurance Company v. St. Catherine of Siena Parish and Kiker Corporation, 2015 WL 3609353 (11th Cir. 2015), which appears to expand insurance coverage for construction defects under Alabama law.

Eleventh Circuit Reverses Itself in Hanover Ins. Co. v. Atlantis Drywall & Framing, LLC, Calming Concerns that Indemnity Actions are Subject to Arbitration Absent Arbitration Clauses in Indemnity Agreements

Fri Jun 5, 2015 Legal Alerts

Recently, the United States Court of Appeals for Eleventh Circuit vacated its August 2014 order requiring a surety to arbitrate its indemnity claims against its principal and indemnitors, despite there being no arbitration provision in the indemnity agreement.