5TH CIRCUIT SAYS NO SUCH THING AS AN UNDERINSURED VEHICLE WHEN IT COMES TO DIMINUTION IN VALUE PROPERTY CLAIMS IN MISSISSIPPI: Watkins v. Allstate Prop. & Cas. Ins. Co., 2024 WL 135458 (5th Cir. 2024)

A recent 5th Circuit Court of Appeals decision interpreting Mississippi insurance law has ruled that an automobile insurance carrier can exclude diminished value claims from its underinsured motorist coverage. In Watkins v. Allstate Property & Casualty Insurance Company, Kimberly Jones…

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MASSACHUSETTS SUPREME COURT PROTECTS DEALERSHIP FROM VICARIOUS LIABILITY FOR NEGLIGENCE OF CUSTOMER DRIVING COURTESY VEHICLE: Garcia v. Steele, 2023 WL 4188359 (Mass. 2023)

Auto subrogation and car dealerships are no strangers to one another. Car dealerships and their insurers routinely seek to hold vehicle test drivers, customers, and other permissive users liable for physical damage to the dealers’ courtesy and rental vehicles and…

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