Insurance Coverage for Food Recall Lawsuits

Published: Risk Management Magazine

Last year, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the U.S. Department of Agriculture issued more than 360 food and beverage recalls. Partner Nathan Lee discusses why companies should be carefully analyzing their insurance policies and coverage, as well as those of their business partners and vendors, to ensure they will have sufficient coverage in the event of a claim or lawsuit. 

So You Think You Know The Law?

TRUE OR FALSE?

Whether a food product itself is contaminated or a supplier provides a contaminated ingredient that is then incorporated into a food product, courts will have the same approach to insurance coverage analysis for both situations.

TRUE OR FALSE?

If an insured is responsible for damaging someone else’s property, all costs to the insured as a consequence of property damage will be covered in the CGL policy. 

TRUE OR FALSE?

A vendor’s broad form endorsement protects vendors from injuries incurred by others due to faulty or toxic products they sell or distribute on behalf of a manufacturer.

Recent Developments in Insurance Coverage Law

Published: ABA Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Law Journal

This article explores the disparate ways that the United Kingdom and the United States have dealt with business income insurance coverage for the COVID-19 global pandemic; the effect of consent-to-settle provisions in Massachusetts; and California’s adoption of vertical exhaustion in excess liability insurance cases.

Timothy Thornton Elected as a Fellow in the American College of Coverage Counsel



By vote of the American College of Coverage Counsel (ACCC) Board of Regents, Partner T i m o thy T ho r nt on has been elected as a Fel l o w in the organization. The ACCC is an invitation-only organization comprised of over 350 preeminent lawyers in the U.S. and Canada involved in coverage and extracontractual matters

T imothy Thornton Appointed to ABA TIPS Standing Committees for 2021-22

Partner  Timothy Thornton  has been appointed to the following American Bar Association Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Section (TIPS) Committees for the 2021-22 bar year:

• Book Publishing Editorial Board Standing Committee
• Conference Standing Committee
• The Brief Editorial Board Standing Committee