On May 7, 2020, Governor Cuomo signed Executive Order 202.28, which continues until June 6, 2020, the tolling of civil deadlines in response to the COVID-19 crisis.

This week, in Nationwide Mut. Fire Ins. Co. v. Pusser, 2020-Ohio-2778, the Ohio Supreme Court held that an insured’s misrepresentation in an auto insurance application rendered the auto policy void ab initio (i.e. from the beginning).

(Genuine Dispute Doctrine Bars Bad Faith Claim in Connection With Property Loss)

(Supreme Court Finds That Insureds Can Trigger Excess Insurance Policies on a Vertical Basis Without First Exhausting Lower Level Excess Policies on a Horizontal Basis)

(Third-Party Judgment Creditor is Bound by Forum Selection Clause Requiring Coverage Action to be Litigated in Australia)

(Insured Was Not Collaterally Estopped From Relying on California Law Governing Trigger of Coverage for Asbestosis Claim Settlement)