Doe v. American Guaranty and Liability Co., et al. (Lawyers Weekly No. 11-018-17)
Attorney-client privilege waived when client sues for legal malpractice; information used to defend malpractice action was substantively relevant to underlying case.
Liability
Callahan v. Board of Appeal on Motor Vehicle Liability Policies and Bonds (Lawyers Weekly No. 11-122-16)
Prior New York DWAI conviction qualifies as predicate OUI offense for lifetime license revocation despite being classified as traffic infraction rather than crime.
Burke v. Board of Appeal on Motor Vehicle Liability Policies and Bonds, et al. (Lawyers Weekly No. 11-121-16)
Lifetime driver's license revocation upheld for person with prior OUI conviction whose second drunk driving offense caused a fatality.
Winbrook Communications Services, Inc., et al. v. United States Liability Insurance Company (Lawyers Weekly No. 11-068-16)
Insurance coverage dispute involving a directors and officers policy. Court reversed summary judgment, finding genuine factual disputes about whether an exclusion applied despite insurer's breach of duty to defend.
Tirado v. Board of Appeal on Motor Vehicle Liability Policies and Bonds (and two companion cases) (Lawyers Weekly No. 10-130-15)
Admission to sufficient facts and continuance without finding constitute a conviction under commercial driver licensing statute, warranting license suspension.
Scheffler v. Board of Appeal on Motor Vehicle Liability Policies and Bonds (Lawyers Weekly No. 11-113-13)
Appeals court affirmed registrar's decision to add out-of-state OUI diversion program disposition to motorist's driving record as a "like offense" triggering license suspension.