Insurance Litigation

Parties to insurance disputes increasingly resort to litigation. This course examines a variety of cases and issues, some of them on the front pages of today's papers. Cases studied will involve disputes stemming from environmental disasters, the destruction of the World Trade Center, fallout from the sub-prime meltdown, corporate scandals and major insurance company failures, and the asbestos liability crisis. The course will examine commonly disputed liability insurance issues, exploring their strategic implications in the contexts of coverage litigation, arbitration and settlement negotiation. There will be class exercises and a final exam. Prerequisite: Principles of Insurance.

Course Schedule

  • Date: Thursday 6:30-9:15PM
  • Location: LB422

Course Information

  • Catalog number-Section number: 7781-10
  • Course Type: Lecture
  • Prerequisites: Prerequisite: Principles of Insurance (7675).
  • Credits (min/max): 4/4
  • Notes:

    The actual enrollment limit of this course is 18; seats have been set aside for LL.M. and evening students. The requisite of Principles of Insurance has been temporarily removed to permit priority registration. The actual credit load is 4. It has been set to three to permit priority registration.

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Enrollment

  • Enrollment status: Open
  • Current enrollment/capacity: 14/18
  • Reserve population/capacity: 0/0
  • Waitlist enrollment/capacity: 0/50

Grading

  • Grade basis: Graded
  • Satisifies Writing Requirement: No
  • Exam type: TAKE HOME