(United States Fifth Circuit) – Held that insurers that paid a claim arising from the failure of a floating oil-drilling platform could not proceed with a subrogation claim against an engineering firm that helped secure the platform to the ocean floor. Also addressed an arbitrability…
(California Court of Appeal) – Affirmed the denial of a motion to compel arbitration of an insurance dispute. A company that sued its workers’ compensation insurer over premium hikes contended that the case did not have to be arbitrated because the California Insurance Code invalidated…
(United States Second Circuit) – Held that an insurance company did not have to arbitrate a former employee’s claims before the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), an entity with which the company had severed ties. The FINRA arbitration code no longer applied to the company,…
(United States Second Circuit) – In a suit between parties to a facultative reinsurance certificate differ as to which of two arbitration provisions govern the resolution of a dispute that has arisen between them, the District Court’s decision awarding declaratory judgment in favor of plaintiff,…
(United States Third Circuit) – In a contract-based dispute, the District Court’s denial of defendant’s motion to compel arbitration is reversed where: 1) plaintiff’s purported challenges to the arbitration agreement apply to the parties’ contract as a whole, rather than to the arbitration agreement alone;…
