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How Coronavirus Could Further Stress an Already-Stressed D&O Insurance Market
Jun 12 2020 // Players should expect the directors and officers insurance market to “undergo radical changes” based on 2019 results and the “unprecedented turbulence” created by the COVID-19 pandemic, according to...
Michigan Sues Owner of Failed Dams, Seeks Compensation for Destruction
Jun 11 2020 // The state of Michigan filed a lawsuit on June 9 against the owner of two dams, seeking fines for the destruction of natural resources as well as “gross mismanagement” that preceded a devastating flood in...
Plane Hit, Flipped Woman’s Car Before Deadly Louisiana Crash, Lawsuit Says
Jun 11 2020 // A Louisiana woman was surprising her husband with breakfast when a plane hit her vehicle, causing it to flip several times and catch fire, according to a lawsuit filed over the December crash. Kristie Danielle Britt is...
Former New Mexico Detectives File Whisteblower Lawsuit
Jun 11 2020 // A whistleblower lawsuit filed by former New Mexico police detectives says they were retaliated against for repeatedly raising concerns about the operation of their department’s sex crimes unit. Former Albuquerque...
Lawsuit Filed Over Fatal Crash of WWII-Era Airplane in Connecticut
Jun 11 2020 // A lawsuit has been filed against the owners and operators of a World War II-era airplane that crashed at a Connecticut airport last October, killing seven people. The lawsuit, filed Tuesday in state Superior Court by...
Atlanta Officers Fired for Actions Against Students Sue Mayor, Police Chief
Jun 11 2020 // Two Atlanta police officers who were fired after video showed them using stun guns on two college students pulled from a car in traffic during a large protest against police brutality are looking to get their jobs...
University of Kentucky Student Sues for Tuition, Fees Refund
Jun 11 2020 // A student sued the University of Kentucky this week, arguing the college should have partially refunded some tuition and fees after classes were moved online and most students were sent home during the coronavirus...
Iowa Republicans Push to Limit Coronavirus Liability
Jun 11 2020 // Iowa Republican legislators are fast-tracking a bill that would give meatpacking plants, nursing homes and other businesses broad immunity from coronavirus lawsuits despite criticism that it would also enable them to...
Qualified Immunity Suggests Police Are Above the Law: Opinion
Jun 11 2020 // The Justice in Policing Act of 2020 introduced by House Democrats this week contains a provision that is likely to become the subject of lively debate: The provision effectively eliminates the legal defense known as...
States’ Lawsuit Accuses 26 Drugmakers of Price Fixing of Generic Drugs
Jun 11 2020 // Twenty-six drug manufacturers were sued on Wednesday by the attorneys general of most U.S. states and several territories, which accused them of conspiring to reduce competition and drive up generic drug prices. The...
California School Districts Lining Up to Fight JUUL in Lawsuits
Jun 10 2020 // A national coalition of law firms has filed suit on behalf of the Pomona Unified School District against JUUL Labs Inc. for its role in creating an e-cigarette epidemic and resurgence in youth nicotine addiction that...
Florida Supreme Court Suspends Attorney Behind Thousands of Insurer Lawsuits
Jun 10 2020 // The Florida Supreme Court has granted an emergency request by The Florida Bar to immediately suspend an attorney who, with his firm, has filed thousands of assignment of benefit and first party lawsuits against Florida...
Oil & Gas Companies Seek More D&O Insurance as Bankruptcies Loom
Jun 10 2020 // The U.S. oil and gas industry is paying a hefty price to protect its top brass against potential bankruptcy and investor lawsuits. Oil companies are shelling out as much as 75% more to renew insurance liability coverage...
Rite-Aid, Walgreens Sued by West Virginia Over Opioid Rx Flood
Jun 8 2020 // Rite-Aid and Walgreens failed to monitor and report suspicious orders of prescription painkillers in West Virginia while inundating their retail pharmacies with tens of millions of pills, according to a state lawsuit. The...
Union Pacific to Pay $260K to Settle Disability Discrimination Lawsuit
Jun 8 2020 // Union Pacific Railroad Co. will pay $260,000 and furnish other relief to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit in a case involving a former employee at Ogilvie Transportation Center in Chicago. In the lawsuit, the...
Court Allows Lawsuit over Iowa Amusement Park Death to Proceed
Jun 8 2020 // The wife of a central Iowa amusement park employee killed in an accident at the park in 2016 can proceed with a federal lawsuit and the park’s insurance company may have to pay damages, the Iowa Supreme Court ruled...
Willis Towers Watson Faces Shareholder Lawsuits in U.S. Over Sale to Aon
Jun 8 2020 // There have been at least three shareholder lawsuits filed over the mega-deal that would have insurance broker Aon acquire rival Willis Towers Watson. The suits allege that Willis and its directors breached their fiduciary...
Colorado Resort Files Suit Against Railroad for 2018 Fire
Jun 5 2020 // An insurance company representing a Colorado resort filed a lawsuit against the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad for damage costs associated with an extended wildfire. Purgatory Resort’s insurance...
New Orleans Universities, Archdiocese Named in Katrina Aid Lawsuit
Jun 5 2020 // Two New Orleans universities, the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New Orleans and a government contractor are defendants in a whistleblower lawsuit alleging fraud involving more than $100 million in Hurricane Katrina...
Mistake in Louisiana Auto Crash Bill Could Cause Higher Damage Awards
Jun 5 2020 // After a last-minute scramble to pass the business lobby’s top priority for the regular session, Republican legislators quickly realized they mangled the language of the bill aimed at limiting damage claims against...
