Robert H. Jerry, II

Publications

Books

• A Daily Reader for 1Ls: Becoming a Better Law Student and Lawyer in Four Minutes a Day (Minneapolis: West Academic Publishing, 2025, 527 pp.; audio version forthcoming).
• Understanding Insurance Law (with Douglas R. Richmond, co-author). Durham, NC: Carolina Academic Press (7th ed., 2025, 1165 pp.) [2018 (6th ed.), 1005 pp., with Richmond; 2012 (5th ed.), 1005 pp., with Richmond; 2008 (4th ed.), 1024 pp., with Richmond; 2002 (3rd ed.), 1171 pp.; 1996 (2nd ed.), 989 pp.; 1987 (1st ed.), 748 pp.]
• Advanced Introduction to Insurance Law, London: Edward Elgar Publishing (2023), 159 pp.
• Insurance Law and Practice: Cases, Materials, and Exercises (with Christopher C. French, co-author). St. Paul, MN: West Academic Publishing, 2018, 889 pp.
• Insurance Law: Cases and Materials (with Roger C. Henderson, co-author). New York: Lexis Publishing, Inc., 2001 (3d ed.), 1225 pp. [1996 (2nd ed.), 1136 pp., with Henderson]

Book Chapters and Related Contributions

• “Who is an Insured.” In Douglas R. Richmond, ed., Homeowners Insurance: Issues and Analysis. Chicago: ABA Publishing, forthcoming 2025.
• “Terminating the Duty to Defend.” In Douglas R. Richmond & Samuel J. Arena, Jr., coeds., The Insurers Duty to Defend: Issues and Analysis. Chicago: ABA Publishing, 2024, pp. 263-319).
• “Understanding Parametric Insurance: A Potential Tool to Help Manage Pandemic Risk.” In Maria Luisa Muñoz & Anna Tarasiuk, co-eds., Covid-19 and Insurance (AIDA Europe Research series on Insurance Law and Regulation), Zurich, Switzerland: Springer Nature Switzerland AG, 2023. (pp. 17-62).
• “Transparency in U.S. Insurance Regulation.” In Pierpaolo Marano & Kyriaki Noussia, eds., Transparency in Insurance Regulation and Supervisory Law: A Comparative Analysis (AIDA Europe Research Series on Insurance Law and Regulation, Vol. 4). Zurich, Switzerland: Springer Nature Switzerland AG, 2021. (pp. 547-593)
• “Reflections on COVID-19, insurance, business interruption, systemic risk, and the future.” In Abel B. Veiga Copo, Dimensiones Y Desafíos Del Seguro De Responsabilidad Civil. Toronto: Thomson Reuters, 2021, ch. 16. (reprinted at 110 Icade: Revista de la Facultad de Derecho 1 (2020)).
• “Risk and Regulation in Private Insurance.” In I. Glenn Cohen, A. Hoffman, & W. Sage, eds., The Oxford Handbook of U.S. Health Law. London: Oxford University Press, 2017. (pp. 720-741)
• “Disruptive Forces at Our Doors: Challenges for the Legal Profession and Legal Education.” In Center for American Law Studies, University of Warsaw, Legal Education and Legal Profession in the Global World: Polish-American Perspectives, Studia Iuridica tom LXII, 2016 (pp. 121-40; remarks published at pp. 39-48)
• “Crop Insurance.” In J. Thomas, ed., New Appleman on Insurance Library Edition, Vol. 5, ch. 56. New York: Lexis Publishing Co., 2014, 2015
• “Understanding Crop Insurance,” In J. Thomas, ed., New Appleman on Insurance Critical Issues. New York: Lexis Publishing Co., Winter 2013 (p. 90 et seq.)
• “What is Insurance?,” In J. Thomas, ed., New Appleman on Insurance Library Edition, Vol. 1, ch. 1. New York: Lexis Publishing Co., 2009
• “Defining and Achieving Excellence.” In Law School Leadership Strategies. Aspatore Books, 2006 (pp. 147-160)
• “Life and Disability Insurance.” In Family Wealth Management, Grayson McCouch and William Turnier, eds. Minneapolis: West Publishing Co., 2005, Chap. 7 (pp. 480-564)
• “Antitrust Implications of Insurers’ Collaborative Standard Setting,” In Mark Rothstein, ed., Genetics and Life Insurance. Cambridge, Massachusetts: The MIT Press, 2004. Chap. 9 (pp. 195-216)
• “Insurance.” In The Oxford Companion to American Law, Kermit L. Hall et al., eds. New York: Oxford University Press, 2002. Encyclopedia entry (pp. 420-23)
• “Gender and Insurance.” In Women and Public Policy: A Revolution in Progress, Margaret Conway, ed. Washington, D.C.: Congressional Quarterly Press, 1994. Chap. 6 (pp. 102-23)
• “Causation.” In Insuring Real Property, Stephen Cozen, ed. New York: Matthew Bender, Inc., 1990. Chap. 48 [97 pp.]
• “Introduction.” In Insurance Law Anthology, Vol. II., pp. ix-xv. Bethesda, Md.: International Library Law Book Publishers, 1989
• “Tort Recovery: Injury Thresholds.” In No-Fault and Uninsured Motorist Insurance. New York: Matthew Bender, Inc., 1988 (substantial revision of chapter originally written by H. Weitz)

Law Reviews and Journals

• Essay, “The Collapse of Champlain Towers South Was a Regulatory Failure,” The Regulatory Review, July 19, 2021, https://www.theregreview.org/2021/07/19/jerrycollapse-champlain-towers-south-regulatory-failure/ (on-line journal; University of Pennsylvania Law School)
• Article, “COVID-19: Responsibility and Accountability in a World of Rationing,” Journal of Law and the Biosciences, 7:1 (2020), 24 pp. https://doi.org/10.1093/jlb/lsaa076
• Article, “Managing Natural Disaster Risk,” 6 Texas A&M Law Journal 391 (2019)
• Article, “Vade Mecum: Mediators and Disputes Involving Insurance,” 2019 Journal of Dispute Resolution 25
• Essay, “Framing Campus Free Expression Conflict through a Dispute Resolution Optic: Insights for Campus Leaders,” 2018 Journal of Dispute Resolution 57-70
• Article, “Dispute Resolution, Insurance, and Points of Convergence,” 2015 Journal of Dispute Resolution 255-281. Abridged version published as “The Active Intersection Where Dispute Resolution and Insurance Meet,” 35 Alternatives to the High Cost of Litigation 99 (July-Aug. 2017), and “Explaining the Obvious: How Appraisals, Health Care, and More Implement ADR in the Insurance Field,” 35 Alternatives to the High Cost of Litigation 115 (Sept. 2017)
• Article, “Public Forum 2.1: Public Higher Education Institutions and Social Media,” 14 Florida Coastal Law Review 55-98 (2013) (Lyrissa Lidsky, co-author)
• Essay, “Leadership and Followership,” 44 University of Toledo Law Review 345-54 (2013)
• Article, “Bad Faith at Middle Age: Comments on ‘The Principle Without a Name (Yet),’ Insurance Law, Contract Law, Specialness, Distinctiveness, and Difference,” 19 Connecticut Insurance Law Journal 13-28 (2012)
• Essay, “Reflections on Leadership,” 38 University of Toledo Law Review 539-546 (2007)
• Essay, “Life, Disability, and Health Insurance: Understanding the Relationships,” 35 Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics 80-88 (2007)
• Article, “Regulating the Business of Insurance: Federalism in an Age of Difficult Risks,” 41 Wake Forest Law Review 835-878 (2006) (Steven E. Roberts, co-author)
• Essay, “A Brief Exploration of Space: Some Observations on Law School Architecture,” 36 University of Toledo Law Review 85-93 (2005)
• Article, “The Antitrust Implications of Collaborative Standard Setting by Insurers Regarding the Use of Genetic Information in Life Insurance Underwriting,” 9 Connecticut Insurance Law Journal 397 (2003)
• Article, “Insurance, Terrorism, and 9/11: Reflections on Three Threshold Questions,” 9 Connecticut Insurance Law Journal 95-120 (2002).
• Article, “May Harvey Rest in Peace: Lakin v. Postal Life & Casualty Insurance Company,” 2 Nevada Law Journal 292-311 (2002)
• Article, “Cybercoverage’ for Cyber-Risks: An Overview of Insurers’ Responses to the Perils of E-Commerce,” 8 Connecticut Insurance Law Journal 7-36 (2001) (Michele L. Mekel, co-author)
• Article, “Teaching Torts Without Insurance: A Second-Best Solution,” 45 St. Louis University Law Review 857-96 (2001) (David A. Fischer, co-author)
• Article, “The Insurer’s Right to Reimbursement of Defense Costs,” 42 Arizona Law Review 13-75 (2000) (reprinted at 50 Defense Law Journal 699-771 (2001))
• Article, “A Primer for the First-Time Law Dean Candidate,” 49 Journal of Legal Education 564-594 (1999)
• Article, “Health Insurers’ Use of Genetic Information: A Missouri Perspective,” 64 Missouri Law Review 759-788 (1999)
• Article, “Insurance, Contract, and the Doctrine of Reasonable Expectations,” 5 Connecticut Insurance Law Journal 21-57 (1998)
• Article, “Consent, Contract, and the Responsibilities of Insurance Defense Counsel,” 4 Connecticut Insurance Law Journal 153-203 (1997)
• Essay, “Health Insurance Coverage for High-Cost Health Care: Reflections on The Rainmaker,” 25 Memphis Law Review 1347-1376 (1996)
• Article, “The Wrong Side of the Mountain: The Unnatural History of Bad Faith,” 72 Texas Law Review 1317-1344 (1994)
• Essay, “Legal Education, The Legal Profession, and Change,” 41 Kansas Law Review 1-10 (1992)
• Article, “Statutory Prohibitions on the Negotiation of Insurance Agent Commissions: Substantive Due Process Review Under State Constitutions,” 51 Ohio State Law Journal 773-822 (1990) (Reginald L. Robinson, co-author)
• Article, “New Developments in Kansas Insurance Law,” 37 Kansas Law Review 841-906 (1989)
• Article, “Social Investing and the Lessons of South Africa Divestment: Rethinking the Limitations on Fiduciary Discretion,” 66 Oregon Law Review 685-751 (1987) (O. Maurice Joy, co-author)
• Article, “Remedying Insurers’ Bad Faith Contract Performance: A Reassessment,” 18 Connecticut Law Review 271-321 (1986); reprinted in Insurance Law Anthology, Vol. I, 1986 (Bethesda, Md.: International Library Law Book Publishers, 1987)
• Essay, “Introduction to Wolf Creek Symposium,” 33 Kansas Law Review 419-28, vi (1985)
• Article, “Justifying Unisex Insurance: Another Perspective,” 34 American University Law Review 329-67 (1985) (Kyle Mansfield, co-author)
• Essay, “Arthur L. Corbin: His Kansas Connection,” 32 Kansas Law Review 754-761 (1984)
• Article, “Recent Developments in Kansas Insurance Law: A Survey, Some Analysis, and Some Suggestions,” 32 Kansas Law Review 287-349 (1984)
• Article, “Antitrust and Employer Restraints in Labor Markets,” 6 Industrial Relations Law Journal 173-254 (1984) (Donald Knebel, co-author)
• Comment, “Impressions of a Not-So-Average Juror,” 7 American Journal of Trial Advocacy 141-154 (1983) (published anonymously)
• Article, “Recovery in Tort for Educational Malpractice: Problems of Theory and Policy,” 29 Kansas Law Review 195-212 (1981)
• Note, “A Reconsideration of the Stock Market Exception to the Dissenting Shareholder’s Right of Appraisal,” 74 Michigan Law Review 1023-66 (1976)