Caught in the Cross Fire: Impact of Coverage Issues, Defense Issues and Firearm Legislation for Gun Claims
ABA Insurance Coverage Litigation Committee CLE Seminar, March 2014
28 Pages Posted: 21 Mar 2014
Date Written: March 7, 2014
Abstract
A paper submitted by our panel to the American Bar Association's Insurance Coverage Litigation Committee's annual meeting. This paper addresses, first, the coverage issues presented in connection with firearm-related claims. Second, this paper addresses firearms law, and the considerations that defense counsel (and insurers, if they are defending the claim) may need to take into account in evaluating liability and exposure.
Keywords: occurrence, gun accidents, coverage
Suggested Citation: Suggested Citation
Carmel, Rina and Eyerly, Tred and Teebagy, Steven, Caught in the Cross Fire: Impact of Coverage Issues, Defense Issues and Firearm Legislation for Gun Claims (March 7, 2014). ABA Insurance Coverage Litigation Committee CLE Seminar, March 2014, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2411794 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2411794
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