Publications
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Unwaivering Decision
CLM Construction Claims Magazine
Summer 2020
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Employing Crisis Standards of Care in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic
Crisis Standards of Care in Response to COVID-19 Pandemic
March 20, 2020
When confronted with crisis conditions and medical equipment shortages, medical professionals should be allowed flexibility to provide real-time solutions to complicated medical decision-making – within a crisis standards of care framework that incorporates elements of fairness, transparency, consistency, proportionality and accountability, consistent with AMA and state guidelines. -
Employment Law Questions Related to the COVID-19 Pandemic
Employment Law Q&A: Coronavirus Need-to-Know
March 16, 2020
This article contains common questions recently fielded by Wilson Elser attorneys, along with an explanation of the various legal implications involved. It is important to stay abreast of the legal developments on all fronts as businesses face this emerging threat.
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Recent Developments in Aviation Law
SMU’s Journal of Air Law and Commerce
Volume 82, 2017
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Wisconsin Supreme Court: Pollution Exclusion Bars Coverage for Well Contamination Resulting from the Application of Manure and Septage as Fertilizer
FC&S Legal
February 1, 2015
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Wisconsin Supreme Court: Pollution Exclusion Bars Coverage for Well Contamination Resulting from the Application of Manure and Septage as Fertilizer
Wisconsin Supreme Court: Pollution Exclusion
January 14, 2015
In two recent decisions, the Wisconsin Supreme Court sought to resolve conflicting court of appeals’ decisions on whether manure and septic waste are “pollutants” under standard insurance policy exclusions when they contaminate groundwater after being applied as fertilizer. The Court rejected categorically defining manure and septage as “pollutants,” instead determining that such fertilizing excrement unambiguously falls within the applicable policy’s definition of “pollutants” once it has contaminated a water supply.
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Unanimous Wisconsin High Court Sustains Broad Asbestos Exclusion That Comprehensively and Unambiguously Bars Coverage for Any Asbestos-related Loss
Broad Asbestos Exclusion Bars Coverage in Wisconsin
January 16, 2014
A case recently decided by the Wisconsin Supreme Court illustrates an ongoing trend in asbestos case law. Even jurisdictions that tend to be more favorable for insureds are likely to sustain a broad asbestos exclusion that comprehensively and unambiguously excludes coverage for any asbestos-related losses, regardless of the underlying tort alleged.