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  • September 23, 2026

    Wis. Coverage Ruling Rejects Strict Ensuing Loss Test

    In Cincinnati Insurance v. Ropicky, the Wisconsin Supreme Court recently examined the relationship between an insurance policy's construction defect exclusion and ensuing loss exception, providing policyholders support in claiming that an additional cause may produce covered damage despite an excluded condition being part of the loss sequence, says Alexander Hopkins at SDV Fenchurch.

  • September 22, 2026

    Hydropower Plant Needs More Monitoring, Wash. Panel Says

    A Washington appeals panel broadly upheld the state's certification of a hydroelectric power project near the Columbia River on Monday, although the court said officials need to impose additional monitoring and reporting requirements to address potential leakage into the surrounding watershed.

  • September 22, 2026

    Bad Recordkeeping Kills City's Railroad Indemnity Defense

    A Missouri city must cover financial damages Norfolk Southern suffered when it settled lawsuits stemming from a train crash that killed one city worker and injured another, a federal judge ruled, slamming the city's shoddy recordkeeping and the unreliable testimony of its official.

  • September 22, 2026

    Cities Say Local Permits Not 'Hurdle' To Broadband

    The nation's cities, counties, towns and villages are not pleased with the Federal Communications Commission's decision to work on a proposal that would allow the agency to preempt local reviews of wireline deployments if the FCC thinks localities are dragging their feet.

  • September 22, 2026

    Colo. Justices Mull Trial Court's Authority In Water Rights Suit

    The Colorado Supreme Court grappled Tuesday with ranchers' bid for the justices to overturn a water court's order allowing a change of water right for a right they say was not at issue, questioning counsel on the water court's authority to impose certain conditions in the neighbors' 10-year legal battle.

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