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P/C Insurers Can Handle Chinese Drywall Costs, Says Moody’s
Apr 5 2010 // Property/casualty insurers are expected to continue to handle costs for defective Chinese drywall claims in the normal course of business, according to a rating analyst with Moody’s Investors Service. Losses from...
Massachusetts Jury Awards $1.6M in Suit over College Student’s Death
Apr 5 2010 // A jury has awarded a Massachusetts couple $1.6 million in a malpractice lawsuit over the death of their son on a college basketball court. Antwoine Key, a 22-year-old senior at Eastern Connecticut State University,...
P/C Insurers Can Handle Chinese Drywall Costs, Says Moody’s
Apr 5 2010 // Property/casualty insurers are expected to continue to handle costs for defective Chinese drywall claims in the normal course of business, according to a rating analyst with Moody’s Investors Service. Losses from...
Ohio Supreme Court Upholds 2005 Law Limiting Injured Worker Suits
Apr 5 2010 // In two separate decisions, the Supreme Court of Ohio upheld as constitutional a 2005 state law that limits the ability of workers who are injured on the job to sue their employers for a “workplace intentional...
Are Special Litigation Committee Expenses Covered Costs?
Apr 5 2010 // A Recurring D&O Coverage Issue Heats Up Among perennial directors and officers insurance issues are questions whether policy coverage is available for the costs associated with special litigation committees. A Dec. 30,...
Virginia Man Sues PetSmart for $1M, Says He Slipped in Dog Feces
Apr 2 2010 // A Virginia man who says he fell after stepping in dog feces at a PetSmart store has filed a $1 million negligence lawsuit against the company. Robert Holloway alleges in his lawsuit in U.S. District Court that he badly...
State Farm Sues Texas Department of Insurance Over Web Postings
Apr 1 2010 // State Farm Insurance has filed a lawsuit against the Texas Department of Insurance after the state agency took the unprecedented move of publicizing on its Web site recent rate hikes by the company. Texas’ largest...
KPMG Wins Dismissal of Madoff Feeder Fund Lawsuit
Apr 1 2010 // Accounting firm KPMG LLP won dismissal Wednesday of a lawsuit stemming from its audits of a “feeder fund” into confessed swindler Bernard Madoff’s ponzi scheme. In an opinion Wednesday Judge Thomas...
Lawsuit Alleging AIG Executives Ignored ‘Red Flags’ Dismissed
Mar 31 2010 // A Manhattan federal judge dismissed a shareholder lawsuit accusing current and former American International Group Inc. executives and directors of ignoring “red flags,” leading to the insurer’s near...
Kentucky Residents Sue Over Nuplex Chemical Spill
Mar 30 2010 // Residents of a southern Louisville neighborhood have sued Nuplex Resins over a chemical spill that sent vapors through sewer pipes. The Louisville Courier-Journal reported that three people filed the suit last Friday in...
Relatives of Air France Crash Victims Sue in U.S.
Mar 30 2010 // Relatives of passengers killed in an Air France crash off Brazil have filed nearly two dozen wrongful death lawsuits in Miami against Airbus, alleging that aircraft maker’s A330 crashed because of flaws in the plane...
Massachusetts Jury Awards $1.6M in Suit over College Student’s Death
Mar 29 2010 // A jury has awarded a Massachusetts couple $1.6 million in a malpractice lawsuit over the death of their son on a college basketball court. Antwoine Key, a 22-year-old senior at Eastern Connecticut State University,...
High-Powered Trial Attorneys Compete for Toyota Litigation
Mar 26 2010 // Scores of high-powered U.S. trial lawyers pursuing Toyota in court over the car company’s wide-ranging safety recalls gathered Wednesday to compare notes, strategize and jostle for a prime shot at the legal...
P/C Insurers Can Handle Chinese Drywall Costs, Says Moody’s
Mar 26 2010 // Property/casualty insurers are expected to continue to handle costs for defective Chinese drywall claims in the normal course of business, according to a rating analyst with Moody’s Investors Service. Losses from...
New York Agents’ Group Declines To Join Lawsuit Against State
Mar 25 2010 // A schism is emerging between New York’s two main trade groups for insurance agents over how best to challenge rules requiring agents to reveal their pay. The Professional Insurance Agents of New York (PIANY) says it...
Ohio Supreme Court Upholds 2005 Law Limiting Injured Worker Suits
Mar 24 2010 // In two separate decisions, the Supreme Court of Ohio upheld as constitutional a 2005 state law that limits the ability of workers who are injured on the job to sue their employers for a “workplace intentional...
Michigan County Settles Swamp Death Lawsuit for $750K
Mar 23 2010 // A southeastern Michigan county agreed to pay $750,000 to settle a lawsuit over the death of a man who drowned in a swamp during his arrest, according to records unsealed by a federal judge. Details of the settlement, which...
Buzzards Bay Oil Spill Lawsuit Set to Start
Mar 23 2010 // A lawsuit brought by Massachusetts residents who say their property values dropped after a barge spilled nearly 100,000 gallons of oil in Buzzards Bay in 2003 is scheduled to start. The New Bedford Standard-Times reports...
AIG To Pay $8 Million to Settle Lawsuit
Mar 22 2010 // The Oregon Public Employee Retirement Fund will recover losses that were attributable to a pattern of poor disclosure and bid-rigging by insurance giant American International Group Inc. (AIG), under a settlement announced...
Survey Ranks California’s Lawsuit Climate Among Worst in the Nation
Mar 22 2010 // A new national survey finds that California’s lawsuit climate is among the worst in the country and on par with states including Alabama, Louisiana, and West Virginia. Among local jurisdictions, Los Angeles’...
