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Bryce Friedman Quoted in Bloomberg Law on Insurance Coverage for Public Nuisance Claims
03.27.25
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Bryce Friedman, Head of the Firm’s Insurance Litigation Practice, was quoted in a Bloomberg Law story, which explored how fights over insurance coverage in opioid lawsuits are leading some courts to conclude that public nuisance are not covered accidents under commercial liability insurance policies across a variety of industries. On the back of a recent California federal court decision in which this issue was at the heart of the liability dispute, Bryce explained that “This will continue to come up in cases which focus on marketing and distribution of products that get used in a way, overused, or otherwise cause societal harm…”
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