CHUBB NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY et al v. D'CUNHA

  1. January 11, 2024

    Doctor, Insurers Agree To End Wiretap Coverage Suit

    A former University of Pittsburgh Medical Center surgeon has settled with his insurers in a suit seeking coverage for defense in a fellow surgeon's wiretapping and defamation action against him, according to a stipulation of dismissal filed in Pennsylvania federal court.

  2. July 13, 2023

    Doctor Hails Wiretap Ruling As Aid In Defense-Coverage Suit

    A former University of Pittsburgh Medical Center surgeon hailed a Pennsylvania state court ruling that he didn't illegally record a rival's conversation as support for his effort in federal court to make his insurers cover his defense against the rival's claims of defamation and wiretapping.

  3. June 14, 2023

    Insurers Blame Doctor's Ill Will For Pa. Wiretap Suit

    Insurers for a former University of Pittsburgh Medical Center surgeon told a Pennsylvania federal judge Wednesday that they had no duty to defend him against another surgeon's claims for wiretapping and defamation, in part because his acts were "poisoned" by his ill will toward the former colleague and thus fell under an exclusion for intentional acts.