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Chinese Drywall: Builders, Subcontractors, Home Owners Facing Potentially Massive Uninsured Losses
Jun 15 2009 // Policy Exclusions Favor Insurers But Builders Can Be Protected General liability carriers specializing in contractor insurance for builders and drywall subcontractors are “sweating it out” over the potentially...
Texas, Oklahoma AGs Sue BP
Jun 15 2009 // In separate court actions, Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott and Oklahoma Attorney General Drew Edmondson have charged BP Products North America Inc. with pollution violations (Texas) and manipulating the price of propane...
Chinese Drywall: Builders, Subs Face Huge Uninsured Losses
Jun 15 2009 // Policy Exclusions Are a Problem, But Builders Can Be Protected There is a lot at stake for all parties because the damages on a per house basis are likely to be astronomical. General liability carriers specializing in...
Insurance in Times of Financial Crisis
Jun 15 2009 // Legal Issues To Be Aware Of With EPL, D&O and Fiduciary Liability Insurance The current financial crisis affects almost every aspect of our business life — that includes insurance. Businesses need to be wise...
Chinese Drywall: Builders, Subs Face Huge Uninsured Losses
Jun 15 2009 // Policy Exclusions Are a Problem, But Builders Can Be Protected General liability carriers specializing in contractor insurance for builders and drywall subcontractors (subs) are “sweating it out” over the...
Contractor’s General Liability Coverage Limitations – A Road Filled with Landmines
Jun 15 2009 // Gencon, a general contractor, was nearly finished constructing a five-story apartment building when an employee accidentally damaged a sprinkler head causing a leak. Gencon made an emergency call to the plumbing store next...
Poultry Companies Balk at Oklahoma AG’s Settlement in Lawsuit
Jun 11 2009 // A now-defunct poultry company got a better deal in settling an environmental lawsuit with the state because it was first to negotiate an agreement, Oklahoma Attorney General Drew Edmondson has suggested. But one poultry...
Illinois Sues Village Accused of Using Tainted Water
Jun 11 2009 // The state of Illinois has filed a lawsuit against a Chicago suburb for allegedly drawing drinking water from a contaminated well for decades, then lying about it to residents and environmental authorities. The 58-page...
Steiff Worker Files $80M Sexual Harassment Suit
Jun 10 2009 // A marketing executive for the German toy maker Steiff filed an $80 million lawsuit Monday accusing the company’s CEO of raping her in a car during a yearslong campaign of unwelcome advances. Jane Collins’...
Woman Wins Suit Against Virginia Assisted Living Home
Jun 8 2009 // A jury has awarded $750,000 in damages against an assisted living facility in Newport News, Virginia where a former staffer is accused of sexually assaulting a mentally disabled resident. Last week’s verdict came in...
Michigan Suit Challenging AIG Bailout on Religious Grounds Proceeds
Jun 4 2009 // A Michigan man who is challenging the government’s bailout of American International Group has won an early legal victory. U.S. District Judge Lawrence Zatkoff recently refused to dismiss a lawsuit filed in December...
Massachusetts Settles Bid-Rigging Suit against Great American Insurance
Jun 1 2009 // Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley says her office has settled a bid-rigging lawsuit lodged against Ohio-based Great American Insurance Co. The suit resolves allegations the insurer submitted a fake and...
Fireman’s Fund Insurance Employees Sue Over Investment Losses
Jun 1 2009 // Dozens of insurance company employees and retirees are suing after they lost as much as $30 million on advice they claim came from financial advisers hired by their employer. Their lawsuit against Fireman’s Fund...
IPC Notes Court’s Dismissal of Validus Scheme of Arrangement Lawsuit
Jun 1 2009 // Bermuda-based IPC Holdings, the prize sought by both Max Capital and Validus Holdings, registered satisfaction at the action of the Supreme Court of Bermuda in dismissing Validus’ proposed scheme of arrangement...
Former Owner of Tannery Being Sued Admits Chromium 6 Was Used
May 27 2009 // The former owner of a St. Joseph, Mo., tannery that is being sued over health concerns acknowledged that the plant used a cancer-causing chemical, but he said the tanning process posed no danger to the public. The former...
Insurance Broker Sues AIG Over Business Practice
May 27 2009 // A California insurance broker is suing American International Group, accusing the nation’s largest insurance and financial corporation of engaging in unfair business practices. Insurance broker Linda Harris,...
U.S. Supreme Court to Hear Merck Appeal on Reinstated Investor Lawsuit
May 27 2009 // The U.S. Supreme Court said Tuesday that it would hear an appeal by Merck & Co. Inc. of a ruling that reinstated a securities fraud lawsuit involving the company’s disclosures to investors about its withdrawn...
Supreme Court Nominee Sotomayor Has Record in Business Cases
May 27 2009 // Sonia Sotomayor, nominated by President Barack Obama for the U.S. Supreme Court, has a lengthy record of rulings in business cases as a federal judge in New York. But legal experts said Sotomayor does not appear to be...
Actor Freeman Sued Over Mississippi Car Crash
May 26 2009 // Attorneys for Morgan Freeman have until July 6 to respond to a lawsuit filed by the woman who was with the actor the night of a car crash last August. Demaris Meyer has sued Freeman for negligence. The lawsuit against the...
Obama Curtails Bush-Era Federal Preemption of States By Regulation
May 22 2009 // The Obama White House this week undid a Bush administration policy that used federal regulations to undermine various state health, safety and environmental laws. Many of the federal regulations limited the ability of...
