Van Arsdale v. Time, Inc.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that willful misappropriation of trade secrets fell outside of a policy insuring against professional errors and omissions
• explaining that an insurer may be unable to deny coverage due to estoppel or waiver
• holding an insurer does not lose its right to disclaim based on noncoverage as such ground is never waived by a failure to assert it in a notice of disclaimer
• office activities that set the stage for the performance of professional services are not within the coverage of professional services liability policy
• no coverage under professional errors and omissions policy where complaint alleges only willfull and malicious conduct
• “[W]here the issue is the existence or nonexistence of coverage ... the doctrine of waiver is simply inapplicable.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).