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How Securities Lawsuits Will Affect D&O Pricing
Feb 22 2009 // Litigation May Result in Higher D&O Prices But Not Right Away The pace of securities lawsuit filings increased significantly in 2008 compared to recent years. There were 226 new securities lawsuits filed in 2008,...
Lawsuit Seeks to Stop U.S. Bailout Because of AIG’s Takaful Sales
Feb 22 2009 // American International Group’s involvement with the Islamic insurance market at the same time it is taking government bailout funds has provoked the ire of a Christian rights group in the U.S. The Michigan-based...
How Securities Lawsuits Will Affect D&O Pricing
Feb 22 2009 // Litigation May Result in Higher D&O Prices But Not Right Away The pace of securities lawsuit filings increased significantly in 2008 compared to recent years. There were 226 new securities lawsuits filed in 2008,...
Defense Act Bars Suits Against Blackwater
Feb 22 2009 // The survivors of four Blackwater Worldwide contractors killed in a grisly ambush in Iraq five years ago have suffered another setback in their legal battle with the company. A federal administrative law judge in North...
New Mexico Family Sues Over Death of Man Hit by Train
Feb 19 2009 // The family of a Denver man hit by a train near Las Vegas, N.M., has sued, contending his line of sight was blocked and he could not see an approaching Amtrak train. Fred Stark, who had come to Las Vegas for the wedding of...
Judges: Jury Should Hear Florida Carbon Monoxide Suit
Feb 19 2009 // A federal judge was wrong to dismiss a lawsuit that blamed an auto muffler maker for the carbon monoxide poisoning of a 19-year-old Florida woman and her boyfriend, rather than let a jury decide, an appeals panel ruled...
Florida Jury Awards $8 Million in Tobacco Lawsuit
Feb 19 2009 // A Florida jury awarded $8 million Wednesday to the widow of a smoker whose death was caused by his addiction to cigarettes, in a major potential legal setback for tobacco company Philip Morris. The jury in Fort Lauderdale,...
Mississippi Bill Requires Expert Opinion at Filing of Negligence Suit
Feb 17 2009 // A bill that cleared the Mississippi Senate on Friday would make it more difficult to file a negligence lawsuit. Under the bill, an expert’s statement of merit would have to be included in any complaint alleging...
Arkansas Court: New Hospital Liability Law Is Retroactive
Feb 17 2009 // Charitable hospitals with self-insurance plans can be sued for incidents that occurred before their pooled liability funds were established, the Arkansas Supreme Court has ruled. The decision comes as a blow to...
Judge: Defense Insurance Act Bars Suits Against Subcontractor Blackwater
Feb 12 2009 // The survivors of four Blackwater Worldwide contractors killed in a grisly ambush in Iraq five years ago have suffered yet another setback in their legal battle with the company. A federal administrative law judge in North...
First Trial Dates Set For FEMA Trailer Suits in New Orleans
Feb 12 2009 // A federal judge in New Orleans has scheduled the first four trials for a batch of lawsuits filed on behalf of hurricane victims who claim they were exposed to potentially toxic fumes while living in government-issued...
More Plaintiffs Join Abuse Lawsuit Against Jesuits
Feb 10 2009 // Twenty Alaska Natives have joined a lawsuit claiming they were abused by Jesuit priests or those supervised by Jesuits, and a lawyer said the head of the Roman Catholic order has been served with court papers naming him as...
Judge Awards $1.4M to Lawyers in Taser Lawsuit
Feb 9 2009 // A federal judge has ordered Taser International to pay $1.4 million to lawyers for the family of a Salinas, Calif., man who died after police officers repeatedly shocked him with stun guns. U.S. District Court Judge James...
Parents of Iowa Teen Killed in Crash Sue Insurer for Underinsured Benefits
Feb 9 2009 // The parents of an Iowa teenager killed 10 years ago in a van crash in southern Wisconsin have filed a lawsuit seeking damages for their son’s death. Albert and Deanna Roberts of DeWitt, Iowa, filed the lawsuit...
The Hartford Sues Virginia Firm to Limit Salmonella Claims
Feb 9 2009 // The Hartford has filed a lawsuit to determine whether it must pay claims filed by victims of a nationwide salmonella outbreak traced to the Virginia peanut butter maker it insures. Hartford, Conn.-based Hartford Casualty...
Families’ Lawsuit Blames Florida Hospital Mold for Kids’ Deaths
Feb 6 2009 // The families of three pediatric cancer patients sued a Florida hospital this week, claiming their children died after contracting fungal infections from renovations being performed at the facility. The lawsuit filed by...
Willis Survey Finds Increasing Litigation Risk for UK Financial Firms
Feb 6 2009 // In a recent financial lines seminar sponsored by Willis Group Holdings, nearly 90 percent of those attending indicated they believe the current economic climate has increased the risk of litigation against financial...
Baltimore Man Files $210 Million Lawsuit over Public Strip Search
Feb 6 2009 // A Baltimore man is alleging in a lawsuit that rogue police officers violated his civil rights in a public strip search. Thirty-five-year-old Navy veteran Daryl Martin is suing the city Police Department, former...
Maryland Suit Claims Restaurant Drink was Cleaning Chemical
Feb 6 2009 // A Baltimore woman says when she ordered an iced tea at a local McDonald’s restaurant last year, employees gave her a cup containing a cleaning chemical. Caryl Jones has filed a $100,000 lawsuit in Baltimore City...
Intel Files Lawsuit Against American Guarantee and Liability Insurance Co.
Feb 4 2009 // Intel Corp., based in Santa Clara, Calif., has filed a $50 million lawsuit against its insurer, New York-based American Guarantee and Liability Insurance Co. (AGLI), for failing to cover litigation costs it believes it...
