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Court Finds That Subcontractor’s Insurer Owed Additional Insured Coverage Under “Caused, In Whole Or In Part, By” Endorsement Because Subcontractor Found More Than 0% Liable
Kenneth Jacobson was injured on a construction site, and he sued the owner of the premises and the general contractor (“GC”). The owner and GC filed a third-party action for contribution against a subcontractor insured by Excelsior Insurance. The jury found that the owner and GC were 65% at fault and that the subcontractor was 35% at fault. The United States District Court for the Southern District of New York held that Excelsior’s obligation to provide additional insured coverage to the owner and GC for bodily injury “caused, in whole or in part, by” the subcontractor’s acts or omissions, “leads to the logical conclusion” under New York precedent that “where liability is not attributed to the [putative additional insured
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On April 8, 2021, Activision Publishing, Inc. filed a lawsuit against Warzone.com LLC regarding the use of the word marks “Warzone” and “Call of Duty Warzone.” Activision is the publisher of the
Call of Duty series of military-themed “first-person shooter” games. Warzone.com is the developer of a multiplayer turn-based strategy and negotiation game similar to Hasbro’s
Risk.
Activision’s complaint alleges that, in 2020, Activision released a free-to-play multiplayer game titled
Call of Duty: Warzone, a “large-scale, highly competitive, fast-paced military combat game in which 150 players fight to be the last soldier standing in a massive, detailed, fully-realized ‘Warzone,’ spanning more than nine square kilometers of virtual space.” Activision alleges that Warzone.com’s game
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New Jersey AG Employee Sues IBEW Union, State of New Jersey for Seizing Dues from Her Paycheck in Violation of First Amendment April 28, 2021, 5:36 pm | in
New Jersey AG Employee Sues IBEW Union, State of New Jersey for Seizing Dues from Her Paycheck in Violation of First Amendment
Employee asserts that NJ law’s tiny “escape period” to stop dues deductions violates rights under Janus
Supreme Court decision
Trenton, NJ (April 28, 2021) – With free legal aid from the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation, Heather Anderson, an employee of the New Jersey Attorney General’s office, is suing the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 33 union and the State of New Jersey for illegally restricting her and her coworkers’ First Amendment right to stop union dues deductions from their paychecks.