January, 2024 | Knight Nicastro MacKay, LLC

Mind Your Mats: Plaintiff’s testimony did not prove property condition was “open obvious as a matter of law”

The Missouri Court of Appeals, in Anslinger v. Christian Hospital Northeast-Northwest, No. ED111387, 2024 Mo. App. LEXIS 32, (Mo. App. E.D. Jan 23, 2024), recently released an opinion interpreting the open and obvious hazard defense. The defendant argued that the...

Defend, Define, or Deal with the Consequences.

by | Jan 19, 2024 | Firm News

This case, like many others in Montana, both federal and state, makes clear that insurance companies who fail to defend their insured in claims involving questionable coverage, do so at considerable risk. The recent decision in Fettkether v. Progressive Nw. Ins. Co.,...