How What Was a Clear and Ambiguous Exclusion is Made Ambiguous Jewelers Block Insurance is a specialized for of insurance designed to protect people in the jewelry business with highly valuable small items. When traveling with jewlrey the risk of loss by theft or robbery is high and the experience of insurers found that the […]
FEMA Is Not an Insurance Company In Brian Bevel v. Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) , United States District Court, Middle District of Florida, 8:25-cv-02159-JLB-CPT (November 21, 2025)Judge: John L. Badalamenti resolved the dispute over insurance coverage.. Key Facts Parties and Claim: Plaintiff Brian Bevel sued FEMA for breach of an insurance contract under the […]
Fact Finder Must Establish Basis for Immunity In Robert Young v. Officer John Doe et al. No. 2025 CA 0527 (La. App. 1st Cir. November 22, 2025) Robert Young sued Sid J. Gautreaux, III, in his official capacity as Sheriff of East Baton Rouge Parish (the “Sheriff”), and multiple insurance companies. The Sheriff’s Office and […]
When Harm is Inherent in the Nature of the Act it is Intentional In Brian Bevel v. Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) , United States District Court, Middle District of Florida, 8:25-cv-02159-JLB-CPT (November 21, 2025)Judge: John L. Badalamenti resolved the dispute over insurance coverage.. Key Facts Parties and Claim: Plaintiff Brian Bevel sued FEMA for […]
Guilty of Money Laundering Scheme Prison Sentence for Fraud Must be Limited to the Fraud in Which the Defendant Participated In United States v. Stephen O. Anagor, No. 2:24-CR-00019-DCLC-CRW (E.D. Tenn., Nov. 26, 2025) by Judge Clifton L. Corker the government sought to increase the defendant’s sentence because his co-conspirators added a fraudulent FBI scam […]
Base Level Sentence for Fraud Increased with Amount of Loss In United States v. Lopez (No. 2:23-cr-00055-CDS-MDC, D. Nev.), defendant Eduardo “Edward” Lopez was convicted of wire fraud for intentionally omitting a DOJ antitrust investigation into his company. Lopez received $10.459 million via wire transfer on December 23, 2021. Parties’ Positions: Defense (Lopez): Argued no […]
Debt Resulting from Fraud is Not Dischargeable in Bankruptcy Key Facts Plaintiffs (Robles) and Defendant (Tubbs) met through their church; both held leadership roles. Tubbs admitted he used project funds for personal expenses (floor sander $5,000; personal credit-card bills $8,581). Tubbs claimed he paid himself ~$78,000 as a legitimate GC/overhead fee ($10k/month). Court rejected this […]
No Right to Subrogation Against Tenant KEY FACTS Landlord Michael Caldwell, a Connecticut citizen, owned a multi-family building in Windsor, Connecticut. Defendants Tyrone and Shakyra Ellis were residential tenants in the building. On or about March 1, 2025, a fire started in the Ellises’ unit, allegedly because they left minor children unsupervised with a lighter. […]
Discovery Attempt by Alleged Fraudulent Health Care Provider Fails The Disputes This is a fraud/RICO lawsuit brought by UnitedHealthcare (and affiliates, collectively “United”) aganst TeamHealth (a large physician staffing company focused on emergency medicine). The companies have a history of mutual litigation over billing practices, including prior suits where TeamHealth accused United of underpaying claims […]
Expert May Not Testify About STOLI for Lack of Experience In Ameritas Life Insurance Corp. v. Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB, United States District Court for the District of Delaware (Civil Action No. 23-236-GBW), Judge: Gregory B. Williams (November 7, 2025) Ameritas Life Insurance Corp. (“Ameritas”) sought to void a $3 million life insurance policy […]
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