Joseph A. La Bella, Author at Jackson O'Keefe, LLP Law Firm

INSURANCE COVERAGE: Superior Court finds no duty to defend negligence and other claims arising out of excluded assault and/or battery

June 8, 2020
Joseph A. La Bella
Insurance

The Superior Court granted defendant’s Motion for Summary Judgment finding there was no duty to defend, and therefore no duty to indemnify where the plaintiff attempted to claim negligence in a cause of action clearly based on assault and battery. …

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MOTOR VEHICLE LAW: Superior Court Judge finds in favor of defendant where Court found the plaintiff failed to establish negligence

October 8, 2019
Joseph A. La Bella
Auto Accidents

After a bench trial the judge found for the defendant, ruling that the plaintiff failed to establish that the defendant was negligent in any of the way alleged in the complaint. The court found “apparently the plaintiff anticipated, incorrectly, that…