New Jersey Supreme Court Clarifies Defense Medical Examination Procedures

By: Brian D. Barr, Esq. and Vanessa Calixto, Summer Associate and rising 3L, Rutgers Law School In personal injury cases and other cases in which the mental or physical condition of plaintiffs are in controversy, New Jersey Rule 4:19 allows defendants to require plaintiffs to be physically or mentally examined by the defendants’ chosen expert. […]

New Jersey Federal Trial Courts Rule in Favor of Insurers for Covid-19 Claims

In a trilogy of recent Federal Court trial decisions, three separate cases upheld the insurer’s “virus exclusion”  barring coverage for losses “caused directly or indirectly by the presence, growth, proliferation, spread…of any virus.”  While the Third Circuit has not reached a decision on these issues, Federal Trial Courts adjudicating summary judgment motions in favor of […]

Virtual Round Table COVID-19 Response and Insurance Implications

Our Insurance Defense Litigation attorneys hosted a virtual round table discussion on challenges, risk mitigation strategies, and preparedness efforts and considerations as insurers embrace the widening COVID-19 outbreak on multiple fronts, including states’ efforts to reopen and return to some semblance of normalcy.  This round table event explored and focused on the pertinent issues that […]