The number of fires in Oklahoma as the year closed were significant. Almost everyday, you heard or read about another fire. Some days there were multiple fires. House fires, apartment fires, mobile homes, restaurant fires, businesses hit by fire, the list goes on and on. Sources such as space heaters, grease fires, fire places, electrical

Physicians Liability Insurance Company (“PLICO”), issued a “claims made medical malpractice insurance policy to Defendant Mark Valentine. As a result of Valentine’s negligence during a surgical procedure, David Wurtz died. The Oklahoma Board of Medical Licensure reviewed the situation and revoked Valentine’s medical license.

Shortly thereafter, Valentine sent a letter to his insurance

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Litigation has a lot of conflicts that really slow down getting your day in court. Sometimes it has to do with the lawyer’s schedule in other courts. Bubba’s insurance case hit one of those snags. Judge Smith set the case on the trial docket that also happened to be the trial docket in a Federal

Unnecessary damages which could have been avoided by the insured cannot be recovered in a lawsuit for breach of contract as every Oklahoma insurance lawyer well knows.  A party who asserts a claim for breach of contract against an insurance company has a duty to use reasonable efforts to mitigate his damagesHidalgo Properties,

Property damage that results from a continuous and ongoing process over an extended period of time rather than from a defined, identifiable event such as a tornado or hail damage creates disagreements and disputes as to when property damage "occurred."  Coverage under most insurance policies is triggered by an "occurrence."  As Dana Ferestien commented, insurers and insureds continue to litigate