Chartis Property Casualty Co. v. Inganamort, ___ F.3d ___ (3d Cir. 2020). Yesterday, the Third Circuit issued its first published opinion in nearly two weeks. The ruling, authored by Judge Jordan, involved the question of whether defendants were entitled to coverage under their all-risk insurance policy with plaintiff when defendants’ 65-foot fishing vessel sank “enough to sustain serious damage.” The plaintiff insurer filed a declaratory judgment action seeking a ruling that there was no coverage. On cross-motions for summary judgment, the District Court ruled for the...

Even as the Appellate Division wound down the number of its published opinions in the second half of August, the Third Circuit seemed to rev up its publication of opinions. From August 14 through August 29, the court published thirteen opinions. Here are summaries of some of them (for full coverage of all of the court’s activities, check out Matthew Stiegler’s CA3blog): Golden v. New Jersey Institute of Technology, 934 F.3d 302 (3d Cir. 2019). This opinion by Chief Judge Smith involved an attorneys’ fee issue under New Jersey’s Open Public Records Act, N.J.S.A....

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