Insurance Coverage
In order to assist clients with insurance or business decisions, we regularly provide opinions on coverage arising out of family/commercial auto liability, homeowner, and commercial policies. This involves close scrutiny of the policy language, interpretation of applicable statutes and regulations, and analysis of case law. The scope of our analysis of insurance coverage issues has included:

• Uninsured/underinsured motorist;
• Shareholder derivative action arising out of failed bank merger;
• “Occurrence” as a trigger of coverage;
• Insurer obligation to pay punitive damages
   (both common law and statutory);
• Liquor liability;
• Duties and rights of re-insurers and excess carriers;
• Libel/slander;
• Auto dealerships/garage policies;
• Municipal liability;
• Excess exposure issues;
• Advertising loss;
• Bad faith issues;
• Unfair trade/unfair insurance practices;
• Pollution and toxic tort;
• Clergy misconduct;
• Employer misconduct;
• Sexual misconduct.

Appellate Practice
For decades Regnier, Taylor, Curran & Eddy has represented clients before the Appellate and Supreme courts of Connecticut as well as the Second Circuit Court of Appeals in New York. We are called upon to take over the appeals of cases tried by other lawyers. Our firm has been at the forefront of defining issues in Connecticut jurisprudence. A sampling of appellate issues includes:

• Punitive Damages:
   Determination that insurer has no obligation to pay common law
   punitive damages or statutory double/treble damages.
• Closing Argument:
   Legitimacy of arguing specific dollar amount to be awarded by jury.
   Voir Dire-Scope of permissible questioning of potential jurors.
• Statute of Repose:
   Constitutionality of statute of repose in wrongful death case.
• Subrogation:
   Right of insurer to proceed against insured who interfered with
   right of subrogation.
• Employer Liability:
   Circumstances where employer has third-party liability.
• Premises Liability:
   Status of police officer injured while responding to emergency.
   Duty of non-parent adult to protect minor and monitor hazardous activity.
• Homeowners Coverage:
   Exclusion of coverage for sexual abuse of minor.
• Trial Practice:
   General verdict rule.

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Federal Practice
An integral part of our practice involves representing clients in both the federal District Court of Connecticut and the Second Circuit Court of Appeals. Within this forum we have been involved in such diverse cases as:

• Sexual harassment claims/Title 7
• First amendment/commercial speech (liability of author for commercial speech)
• Defective auxiliary generator implicating Magnuson-Moss Act
• Municipal liability
• Uninsured motorist claim involving choice of law
• Professional negligence
• Liability of employer who participated in design of robotics system where employee is killed
• Class action litigation involving consumer fraud/telecommunications carrier liability
• Asbestos litigation
• Products liability-wheel/tire failure
• Class action litigation involving pharmaceutical liability

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General Liability
The scope of trial work in which Regnier, Taylor, Curran & Eddy has been involved highlights the confidence our clients have in us. Those cases are as diverse as:

• Auto claims (first-party/third-party)
• Tractor trailer claims
• Rented and leased vehicles
• Dog bite
• Interstate movers
• Railroad liability
• Employer liability
• Liquor liability
• Premises liability including:
   Homeowner claims
   Theaters
   Commercial lessors
   Supermarkets
   Pharmacies
   Fire loss (first/third party)
   Lumber yards
   Sexual assault
   Construction claims
   Elevator design and operation
   Inadequate security claims
   Drowning claims
• Product liability including:
   Wood splitter
   Industrial safety devices
   Airplane engine components
   Food products
   Pharmaceutical claims
   Table saw
   Floor sander
   Trash disposal vehicle
   Failure of syndesmotic device
   School yard play equipment
   Radial arm saw
   Defective pool claims
   Defective propane heater
   Aircraft crash claims
• Professional negligence including:
   Pharmacist liability
   Sexual misconduct of clergy
   Veterinary negligence
   Legal malpractice
   Medical malpractice
• Municipal liability including:
   Civil rights claims
   Disclaimer/reservation of
   rights issues
   False arrest
   Auto claims
   Police pursuit

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Complex Litigation
In both state and federal courts, clients have had confidence in Regnier, Taylor, Curran & Eddy to take on the defense of toxic tort claims and complex cases such as:

• Asbestos claims in which insurer sought indemnification from reinsurers
• Asbestos litigation
• "Sick building syndrome” claims
• Sexual misconduct of clergy
• Lead paint litigation
• Aircraft crash claims
• Train/truck claims
• Class action litigation
• Pharmaceutical claims
• Wrongful death claims involving carbon monoxide

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