When: July 27 – August 2, 2025
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David MacMain - Editor of the Month
MacMain Leinhauser PC, West Chester, Pennsylvania
We have completed two full rotations of editors for the Federation’s Civil Rights and
Public Entity Committee’s monthly newsletter Civil Writes, and I am back with my
third run at educating our members. I am going to go a little outside the box with
both the Featured Members and substantive portions of this edition.
I hope you enjoy!
Committee Chair – Nat Jordan
Ex Officio – Jeff... Details
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Susan,
Good morning. I'm not sure how to contribute as I've not in the past but I have noticed an emerging trend in Real Estate and Hospitality Property Claims that has triggered the need for coverage counsel in several states. I don't have access to see if there have been any relevant cases that made it through the courts yet; but I'd be willing to partner with someone to put together a write up.
The issue that Named Insureds are presenting their tenant's temporary... Details
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Submitted by Christina May Bolin, Christian & Small LLP, Daphne, AL
cmbolin@csattorneys.com, 251.415.9280
Issues to Watch:
1. Business Description Is Part of the Policy: Rick & Charles Invs., LLC v. Liberty Mutual
Grp., Inc. 2025-Ohio-1036, 2025 Ohio App LEXIS 1005 (5th Dist., March 26, 2025) R&C
purchased a vacant church property in 2013 and obtained insurance from Ohio Security
Insurance Company. The insurance policy classified the property for occupancy as a
church or... Details
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March 2025 Edition
Editor of the Month – Jill Pedigo Hall
von Briesen & Roper, s.c. – Madison, Wisconsin
FEATURED SECTION MEMBER – Debra Schneider Stafford
Serving as editor of this month’s edition of Civil
“Writes” provided me the opportunity to learn about
Deb Stafford beyond her legal talent: what and who
brings her joy, fuels her passions, and fosters her
enthusiasm.
Deb is a partner at Hudgins Law Firm, P.C. located in
Alexandria, Virginia where she has practiced for... Details
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February 2025 Edition
Edition Editor Andy Rutens, Galloway, Wettermark and Rutens
Mobile, Alabama
FEATURED SECTION MEMBER- Jill Pedigo Hall, von Briesen & Roper s.c.
Jill Pedigo Hall, a self-professed law geek, is a
shareholder with von Briesen & Roper, s.c. in Madison,
Wisconsin and practices primarily in Wisconsin and
Minnesota, and in some instances nationally. Her
practice focuses on employment law for both public and
private employers. Her Bio on the firm website... Details
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Not a ton of details on this one. Article from Poole Shaffery's newsletter.
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Happy New Year to all Section Members. I hope your year has started well
and you are well on your way to completing all your New Year’s resolutions. The
month’s edition addresses issues that may arise if your officers use a suspect’s real-
time cellular data to locate and apprehend that suspect.
ISSUE OF THE MONTH – POLICE OFFICERS’ USE OF REAL-TIME CELLULAR
DATA TO LOCATE SUSPECTS
I recently ran into an issue that I found interesting and thought might be of
benefit to fellow... Details
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Greetings everyone! My name is Laurent Demosthenidy. I’ve been an FDCC member since 2020 and am one of the appellate section’s vice chairs. My practice largely focuses on commercial litigation, admiralty and maritime, and insurance coverage. Along with the other partners at my firm, I handle appellate work at at all stages—whether drafting and arguing appeals and writs on cases where we are also trial counsel, consulting as embedded appellate counsel for other trial lawyers, being... Details
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The Section needs to provide content for the Friday 5 coming out on January 10, 2025. Please let me know if you have any interesting news (case updates or recent victories). If so, please send a short write-up to me at skidwell@lockelord.com by 1/6/25. This is a good opportunity to highlight our section members.
Also, we need a couple more volunteers for quarterly case updates in 2025. Please let me know if you can help -- or need more info.
Thanks, and Happy New Year!
Susan... Details
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Property Insurance Section, Case Update Sub-Committee Members: Karen Karabinos, Chartwell Law;
Christina May Bolin, Christian & Small; Kelsie Sullivan, Richards & Connor; Michael Montgomery, Butler
Weihmuller Katz Craig; Susan Kidwell, Troutman Pepper Locke; and Gordon Walton, Walton Law Group
Policy; and (2) Villalobos’s only material argument on appeal was that he intended to move
to the Houston Property, and mere intent to reside at the Houston Property was not
enough to... Details
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Hello again to our amazing civil rights lawyers who are undoubtedly working
hard and looking forward to some time off during this holiday season. I hope you
enjoy this month’s newsletter, aimed to tap into your holiday spirit.
The “Candy Cane Case” and Qualified Immunity
While not new, this December issue is an appropriate time to appreciate
what has come to be known as the “Candy Cane Case.” See Morgan v. Swanson,
755 F.3d 757 (5th Cir. 2014). Doug Morgan attended an in-class... Details
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Submitted by Susan Kidwell, LOCKE LORD LLP, Austin, Texas, skidwell@lockelord.com, 512.305.4766
Issues to Watch:
1. Experts can rely on Xactimate estimates. In First United Pentecostal Church v. Church
Mutual Insurance Co., No. 23-30779, 2024 WL 4511240 (5th Cir. Oct. 17, 2024), the Fifth
Circuit reviewed a $2M judgment entered in a case involving damages from Hurricanes
Laura and Delta. Among other issues, the insurer (CM) argued that the district court erred
by not... Details
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Thanks, Jen - that is incredible, and so reifying for all of us.
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Wow - that is impressive!
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