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A Concurrent Mess And A Call For Clarity In First-Party Property Insurance Coverage Analysis, Mark M. Bell Mar 2011

A Concurrent Mess And A Call For Clarity In First-Party Property Insurance Coverage Analysis, Mark M. Bell

Mark M Bell

The attached article is the first article to clearly and plainly describe the history and genesis of concurrent causation as well as the development of anti-concurrent policy exclusions. After describing this unique history, the article argues that it is time to re-analyze concurrent causation questions and advocates for a categorical analysis for addressing “concurrent causation” questions.


A Concurrent Mess And A Call For Clarity In First-Party Property Insurance Coverage Analysis, Mark M. Bell Jan 2011

A Concurrent Mess And A Call For Clarity In First-Party Property Insurance Coverage Analysis, Mark M. Bell

Mark M Bell

The attached article is the first article to clearly and plainly describe the history and genesis of concurrent causation as well as the development of anti-concurrent policy exclusions. After describing this unique history, the article argues that it is time to re-analyze concurrent causation questions and advocates for a categorical analysis for addressing “concurrent causation” questions.


Webster Plus One: Solving The "Impossible" Apportionment Debate, Mark M. Bell Mar 2009

Webster Plus One: Solving The "Impossible" Apportionment Debate, Mark M. Bell

Mark M Bell

Apportionment issues inevitably arise decennially. Consistent with historical trends, the debates concerning the upcoming 2010 apportionment have already begun to intensify. Deciding which apportionment method to use has generated intense debates among some of the most prominent figures in the Nation’s history. Most scholars believe that there is constitutional tension between two fundamental apportionment constraints: apportioning proportionally and representatively. It has been universally accepted that it is “impossible to satisfy both criteria.” In order to satisfy both criteria, an apportionment method must both, maintain quota, and avoid paradoxes. I postulate a new method, the “Webster Plus One” approach, that stands …