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Facebook Fiasco, ‘Blank Check’ Companies Disrupt IPO Insurance Market
Jun 21 2012 // The Facebook initial public offering (IPO) fallout is just getting started, but its effects are already being felt in the insurance community when it comes to covering directors and officers for future social media...
Suit Accuses Louisiana Companies of Exploiting Workers
Jun 21 2012 // A group of Filipino guest workers who allege in a lawsuit that their Louisiana-based employers subjected them to inhumane working and living conditions claim company officials have threatened some of them with deportation...
Maryland Man Whose Companion Disappeared in Aruba Sues Over Insurance
Jun 20 2012 // A Maryland man who was suspected in the presumed death of his traveling companion in Aruba is suing to collect on a travel insurance policy issued in the woman’s name. Gary Giordano says in a lawsuit that AMEX...
Colo. Supermax Inmates Sue Over Mental Health Treatment
Jun 20 2012 // Five inmates who say their mental health illnesses are deteriorating in solitary confinement inside the so-called Supermax prison in Colorado have filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Bureau of Prisons. In the complaint filed...
Lawsuit Claims Driver in Kentucky Tour Bus Crash ‘Crazed,’ Speeding
Jun 20 2012 // A lawsuit filed over the wreck of a tour bus in south-central Kentucky this month contends the driver was operating the bus in a “crazed” manner, had been consuming high-energy drinks and was driving too fast...
U.S. Settles Lawsuit Against Christus Spohn Health System Corp.
Jun 19 2012 // Federal prosecutors say a Texas-based hospital system has paid millions of dollars to settle a false claims lawsuit. Christus Spohn Health System Corp. has paid the United States more than $5 million to settle allegations...
Lawsuit Filed Over Kentucky Tour Bus Wreck
Jun 19 2012 // A lawsuit has been filed on behalf of three students who were in tour bus crash in south-central Kentucky last week minutes into a trip to Washington, D.C. WBKO-TV in Bowling Green reported that the lawsuit in Hart County...
D.C. Attorney General’s Office Suing Workers Over Benefits Scheme
Jun 18 2012 // The District of Columbia Attorney General’s Office has filed lawsuits against 13 current or former city employees accused of collecting unemployment benefits while holding government jobs. The lawsuits seek to...
NV Couple Sues Boy Scouts Over Son’s UT Drowning
Jun 18 2012 // A Las Vegas couple has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the Boy Scouts of America over the July 2011 drowning of their 12-year-old son during a camp program in northern Utah. Christopher and Sherry Tuvell, in their...
Public Companies Underestimate Risk of Directors and Officers Lawsuit: Survey
Jun 18 2012 // Public company executives may be in for a surprise lawsuit. Despite the odds that they and their directors will be sued in the next 12 months, a new Chubb Public Company Risk Survey has found that more than 80 percent...
Facebook Outlines Defense in Messy IPO Case
Jun 18 2012 // Facebook Inc., facing a raft of lawsuits from investors seeking to recoup losses from its botched IPO, laid out on Friday how cascading Nasdaq trading glitches might have stoked the confusion that marred its May 18...
Judge Dismisses FEMA from Kmart Lawsuit Over Flooding in Mississippi
Jun 18 2012 // A federal judge has dismissed the Federal Emergency Management Agency as a defendant involving a lawsuit over 2010 flooding at the Kmart in Corinth, MIssissippi. The Daily Corinthian reported last week that U.S. District...
West Virginia Jail Authority Moves to Curb Lawsuits
Jun 18 2012 // The West Virginia Regional Jail and Correctional Facility Authority is now housing all state-sentenced female inmates at the Tygart Valley Regional Jail as part of an effort to avoid prisoner lawsuits officials say are...
Court Revives Employee Lawsuit Over Racist Receipt
Jun 18 2012 // A shoe store clerk who was fired after inadvertently giving a receipt containing a racial slur to a black customer has the right to sue her former employer for defamation, a federal appeals court ruled. The decision by the...
The Next New Thing
Jun 18 2012 // Coverage Issues from Fracking Claims Every few years there are predictions of a new type of claim that threatens to engulf carriers. In the 1980s and 1990s it was environmental clean up claims and SuperFund, followed...
Victim in Arizona Shooting Files Suit Against FBI
Jun 18 2012 // The surviving victim of a 2009 Arivaca, Ariz., home invasion that left a young girl and her father dead says the FBI should have prevented their deaths. The Arizona Daily Star reported that Gina Gonzalez claims in a...
Family of Girl Who Died at Los Angeles Rave Settle Lawsuit
Jun 18 2012 // The family of a 15-year-old girl who died of an ecstasy overdose at a rave at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in Southern California will receive a $190,000 lawsuit settlement on behalf of the stadium, the event’s...
Navigating Construction Accident Litigation
Jun 18 2012 // Between 2006 and 2008, there were 7,461 claims involving falls resulting in $243 million-plus in reserves, according to Bradford S. Purcell, a partner at the Illinois-based law firm of Purcell & Wardrope. During that...
Why Purchase Side ‘A’ Directors & Officers Liability Coverage?
Jun 18 2012 // Our clients sometimes ask why they should purchase side “A” directors and officers (D&O) liability coverage to protect their directors and officers from lawsuits when they are already providing broad...
Examining Contractor Coverage: How to Avoid Holdbacks in NYC Public Contracts
Jun 18 2012 // The standard construction contract with the City of New York contains a number of provisions that allow the city to retain a portion of payments on a project. The typical retainage “holdback,” where the city...
