Legal Updates

• Service Area: Real Estate Agents & Brokers Liability

35 matches.

• Non-Fiduciary Held Liable for Aiding and Abetting Breach of Fiduciary Duty
  Professional Lines Alert
  July 24, 2014
• Is Real Estate Agent Liable For Bodily Injuries Suffered By Prospective Purchaser?
  Professional Lines Alert
  July 22, 2014
• Broker Liable for Failure to Obtain Excess Defense Cost Coverage for CCIP Program
  Professional Lines Alert
  May 6, 2013
• Insurance Agency Potentially Liable for Use of a Cost Estimator Program to Calculate Replacement Cost
  Professional Lines Alert
  April 3, 2013
• Agent Not Liable for Mental Distress Damages for Katrina Losses; Still Liable for Attorneys Fees and Special Damages
  Professional Lines Alert
  February 28, 2013
• Insurance Broker Can Be Liable to Insured Who Did Not Read the Insurance Policy
  Professional Lines Alert
  February 20, 2013
• Agent Not Liable for Not Obtaining Additional Coverage
  Professional Lines Alert
  January 15, 2013
• Insurance Agent Not Liable for Failure to Cover Boat
  Professional Lines Alert
  November 8, 2012
• Architect Not Liable to Unsuccessful Bidder for Tortious Interference
  Professional Lines Alert
  October 31, 2012
• California Insurance Agent Who Improperly Completed Insurance Application Liable to Insured
  Professional Lines Alert
  October 3, 2012
• Insurance Agent Can Be Sued by Intended Beneficiary for Negligence
  Professional Lines Alert
  September 26, 2012
• District Court Declines to Extend Business Judgment Rule to Corporate Officers
  Professional Lines Alert
  August 2, 2012
• Continuous Representation Doctrine Not Necessarily Limited to Attorney-Client Relationship
  Professional Lines Alert
  July 10, 2012
• Court Effects Contraction of Contract Claims and Expansion of Economic Loss Doctrine
  Professional Lines Alert
  March 19, 2012
• Broker Had No Duty to Monitor Solvency of Insurance Company After Policy Issued
  Professional Lines Alert
  March 7, 2012
• Minnesota Recognizes Claim Against Insurance Agent for Negligent Failure to Procure Insurance
  Professional Lines Alert
  November 7, 2011
• No Coverage for Insurance Agent's Claim Against His Agency for Failure to Procure Coverage
  The Professional Lines Alert
  November 2, 2011
• Accountant May Owe Duty of Care to Client’s Creditors
  Professional Lines Alert
  September 28, 2011
• N.Y. Appellate Court Holds Statute of Limitations Started Running When Architect’s Services Ended
  Professional Lines Alert
  September 22, 2011
• Illinois Court Extends Evidentiary Lifeline to Accounting Firm Accused of Negligence
  Professional Lines Alert
  September 7, 2011
• Bank Not Liable to Architects Under "Instrumentality" Theory for Defaulted Developer's Nonpayment of Fees
  Professional Lines Alert
  May 9, 2011
• Insurance Agents Liable for Submitting Application With Incorrect Information That Client Signed Without Reading
  Professional Lines Alert
  May 4, 2011
• Architect Potentially Liable to Indemnify Owner for Electrical Subcontractor’s Negligence
  Professional Lines Alert
  April 21, 2011
• Supreme Court Tightens Section 1983 Liability for Failure to Train
  Professional Lines Alert
  April 18, 2011
• Materials Testing Company Owed No Duty to Concrete Subcontractor
  Professional Lines Alert
  April 7, 2011
• Architect Who Provided Limited Construction Management Services Had Duty to Injured Guests Based on Foreseeability
  Professional Lines Alert
  March 28, 2011
• Accounting Malpractice Claim Time-Barred By Two-Year Statute of Limitations
  Professional Lines Alert
  March 15, 2011
• Court Rejects Argument That Home Inspection Form Contract Was Contrary to Public Policy and Unconscionable
  Professional Lines Alert
  March 7, 2011
• Insurance Agent Not Liable for Negligent Misrepresentations
  Professional Lines Alert
  December 15, 2010
• Course of Practice May Determine an Insurance Agent's Authority to Issue a Binder/Evidence of Insurance – AND – Finding of Bad Faith May Preclude an Insurer From Seeking Indemnity From an Insurance Agent
  Professional Lines Alert
  December 9, 2010
• U.S. Supreme Court Clarifies That "Policy or Custom" Requirement for Establishing Section 1983 Municipal Liability Applies to Claims Seeking Declaratory or Injunctive Relief
  Professional Lines Alert
  December 2, 2010
• California Court Holds That Sellers Agents Must Disclose When Their Clients' Property Is Overencumbered by Debt
  Professional Lines Alert
  October 18, 2010
• Professional Lines Alert
  Professional Lines Alert
  August 27, 2010
• Professional Lines Alert
  August 10, 2010
• Professional Lines Alert
  July 28, 2010