Workarounds for Workers’ Comp Immunity: How to Obtain Additional Insured Coverage when the Named Insured is Immune from Suit

Construction is an inherently risky business, fraught with the potential for human error. Despite best efforts to ensure safety, accidents involving construction workers are common, with consequences ranging from your run-of-the-mill trip and fall to much more serious and debilitating injuries. A worker who is injured on the job generally receives workers’ compensation benefits through […]

Second Circuit Relies on Capstone’s Subjectivity Standard in Upholding Coverage for Priest Sexual Abuse Settlement

In Hartford Roman Catholic Diocesan Corp. v. Interstate Fire & Casualty Co., Docket No. 16-2999-cv, 17-2484-cv (2d Cir. 2018), the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit affirmed the trial court’s decision that the assault and battery exclusion in an excess liability policy did not exclude coverage for claims made against the Archdiocese for […]