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LexisNexis Insurance Law Community Announces Top Blogs for Insurance Law – 2011 HonoreesThe National Insurance Law Forum has been named one of the LexisNexis Top Blogs for Insurance Law – 2011! Selections were made by the LexisNexis Insurance Law Community staff in consultation with the Insurance Law Community Advisory Board members. The selection of the National Insurance Law Forum as a Top Blog recognizes that the Forum provides a wealth of information for the insurance law community with timely news items, practical information, frequent postings, and helpful links to other sites. Gordon & Polscer's Managing Partner, Diane Polscer, is a co-founder of the National Insurance Law Forum. You can read the full announcement and list of honorees here. |
Diane Polscer Selected for Inclusion in Super Lawyers Business Edition 2011Diane Polscer was selected for inclusion in the Super Lawyers Business Edition 2011. All attorneys listed in this edition were previously honored in 2010 state or regional Super Lawyers lists for accomplishments that include a record of excellence in the practice of law, peer recognition and professional achievement. In addition to the individual attorney listings, Business Edition highlights firms across the nation with top attorneys, organized by state and inclusive of solo, small, medium and large firms. |
Tom Gordon and Diane Polscer Selected for Inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America 2012Tom Gordon and Diane Polscer were selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America 2012 by Best Lawyers. Selection to Best Lawyers is based upon peer review and evaluations by the top attorneys in the country. |
Tom Gordon and Diane Polscer Selected for Inclusion in Super Lawyers 2011Tom Gordon and Diane Polscer have been selected for inclusion in Super Lawyers 2011. This is the sixth consecutive year that Diane has been named to this peer-elected distinction and the third year for Tom. This award is presented to only the top 5% of attorneys in Oregon. |
Tom Gordon and Diane Polscer Selected for Inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America 2011Tom Gordon and Diane Polscer were selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America 2011 by Best Lawyers. Selection to Best Lawyers is based upon peer review and evaluations by the top attorneys in the country. |
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Frost v. Northern Ins. Co. of N.Y., 2011 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 16898 (D. Or. Feb. 13, 2011)Attorneys Robert Spajic and Tom Gordon obtained a ruling of summary judgment in favor of Northern Insurance Company of New York in a coverage action arising from an underlying construction defect lawsuit. Plaintiff obtained a Confession of Judgment against the insured in the underlying action and then brought a subsequent lawsuit against the insurer in an attempt to collect on the judgment. Following a successful removal to federal court, summary judgment was granted because plaintiff was unable to produce any evidence demonstrating that the judgment arose from covered damages caused by an occurrence during the policy period. |
Knowledge Learning Corp. v. Nat'l Union Fire Ins. Co., 2010 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 127506 (D. Or. Nov. 29, 2010)Attorneys Diane Polscer and Brian Hickman represented primary insurer Discover Property & Casualty Insurance Company (“Discover”) in this lawsuit which pitted the insured and its primary insurer against excess insurer National Union. The dispute concerned the number of “occurrences” arising from multiple lawsuits alleging multiple instances of abuse by the same employees against multiple children in a day care center. Both the insured and Discover sought to establish that the lawsuits constituted only one “occurrence” and that, therefore, the National Union policy was obliged to defend all remaining lawsuits following a settlement of the first lawsuit which exhausted the one “occurrence” limit in the Discover policy. The insured filed for summary judgment and Discover joined in and supported that motion. Summary judgment was granted based on the related nature of the alleged incidents of abuse and the unique policy language at issue. |
McCarthy v. State Farm Fire & Cas. Co., 2010 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 107114 (D. Or. Oct. 5, 2010)Attorneys Diane Polscer and Andrew Moses represented insurer Zurich American Insurance Company in this coverage action arising out of a Veterinary Professional Liability Policy. The court ruled on summary judgment that there was no duty to defend the underlying liability lawsuit because the underlying complaint could not reasonably be construed to allege a “veterinary incident,” as required by the policy. |