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Fla. insurance veteran Gallagher, 79, litigation, acquisition expert
Jun 19 2006 // Phil C. Gallagher, 79, a Florida insurance agent, litigation consultant and expert witness, passed away peacefully in Miami June 1. Gallagher had more than 50 years of ins insurance industry experience. Gallagher was...
A lawsuit in the making – the EPLI insurance application
Jun 19 2006 // Every day, the Equal Employment Opportu-nity Commission receives some 200 new employment practices liability complaints alleging discrimination based on race, sex, national origin, religion, retaliation, age and...
Del. Supreme Court upholds decision in Disney shareholder lawsuit
Jun 19 2006 // The Delaware Supreme Court upheld a lower court ruling that directors of the Walt Disney Co. did not violate their fiduciary duties in the hiring and firing of former Hollywood superagent Michael Ovitz. In affirming a...
Three Insurers Sue To Recover Claims Paid in ’02 Wildfire
Jun 15 2006 // Three insurance companies filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday to recover $7.04 million in claims paid for homes damaged or destroyed in the 2002 Hayman Fire in Colorado. State Farm Fire & Casualty Co. Inc., three...
OxyContin Maker Settles with Insurer
Jun 15 2006 // Purdue Pharma has settled a civil lawsuit with its insurer over costs stemming from hundreds of lawsuits involving the painkiller OxyContin, company officials said. Steadfast Insurance Co., a unit of Zurich Insurance Co....
Former Tyco Shareholders Certified in Class Action Suit
Jun 15 2006 // Former shareholders of Tyco International Ltd., whose former chief executive and chief financial officer were convicted of fraud, have been certified as a class to sue the company and its accounting firm,...
Del. Supreme Court Upholds Decision in Disney Shareholder Lawsuit
Jun 12 2006 // The Delaware Supreme Court last week upheld a lower court ruling that directors of the Walt Disney Co. did not violate their fiduciary duties in the hiring and firing of former Hollywood superagent Michael Ovitz. In...
State Settles Bias Lawsuit by Former Ill. Park Supervisor
Jun 8 2006 // A former Illinois Department of Natural Resources park supervisor who accused the agency of discrimination in denying him a promotion has settled the federal lawsuit for $65,000, a newspaper says a copy of the settlement...
N.Y. Seeks to Drop Milberg Weiss Law Firm as Fund Counsel
Jun 7 2006 // New York State Comptroller Alan G. Hevesi, trustee of the $140 billion New York State Common Retirement Fund (CRF), said that he will petition the court to replace the law firm of Milberg Weiss as lead counsel in the Bayer...
Vermont Law Shields Gun Clubs from Some Lawsuits
Jun 7 2006 // Vermont Governor Jim Douglas was at the Barre Rifle and Pistol Club recently to sign legislation protecting Vermont’s shooting ranges from so-called frivolous lawsuits and nuisance claims. Douglas said the strong...
La. Commissioner Seeks to Extend Time to Sue Over Katrina/Rita Claims
Jun 6 2006 // Louisiana Commissioner of Insurance Jim Donelon has issued Advisory Letter 06-04 to the approximate 100 companies with homeowners insurance policies in Louisiana, requesting their cooperation in extending from one to two...
South Carolina, Tennessee and Kansas Governors Sign Medical Criteria Bills
Jun 5 2006 // South Carolina, Tennessee and Kansas have joined a growing number of states that have enacted laws that require plaintiffs to meet specific medical criteria in order to bring or pursue an asbestos- or silica-related...
Insurers sue governor, state officials over diversion of funds from Ill. Auto Theft Program
Jun 5 2006 // In an effort to stop Illinois state government from illegally taking millions of dollars designated to fight auto theft, the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America (PCI) filed suit in the state’s Seventh...
Case Law Watch
Jun 5 2006 // ArkansasWorkers’ Compensation Jones Brothers Inc. v. Whitlock, et al. (Ark. May 4, 2005) Prime contractor liable for workers’ compensation benefits owed to employee of uninsured subcontractor: The Supreme Court...
Coverage issues at core of Hurricane Katrina-related litigation
Jun 5 2006 // The amount of property damage caused by Hurricane Katrina in Mississippi and Louisiana has been extensively reported, as has the fact that many people in those states did not have flood insurance coverage. As a result,...
Insurers sue governor, state officials over diversion of funds from Ill. Auto Theft Program
Jun 5 2006 // In an effort to stop Illinois state government from illegally taking millions of dollars designated to fight auto theft, the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America (PCI) filed suit in the state’s Seventh...
Coverage issues at core of Hurricane Katrina-related litigation
Jun 5 2006 // The initial decisions from Hurricane Katrina lawsuits provide some comfort to both insurers and insureds and potential warnings to insurance agents. The amount of property damage caused by Hurricane Katrina in Mississippi...
Case Law Watch
Jun 5 2006 // Arkansas Workers’ Compensation Jones Brothers Inc. v. Whitlock, et al. (Ark. May 4, 2005) Prime contractor liable for workers’ compensation benefits owed to employee of uninsured subcontractor: The Supreme...
Federal product liability lawsuits declining, data indicates
Jun 5 2006 // After peaking in 2004, the number of total federal products liability lawsuits filed in the United States declined by 14 percent last year and is on pace to decline an additional 16 percent in 2006. The data was compiled...
Supreme Court Upholds Marine Contractor Widow’s Right to Sue
Jun 4 2006 // In a ruling that lawyers say has implications for thousands of maritime workers across the country, the U.S. Supreme Court has upheld a Syracuse, N.Y. widow’s right to sue employer Lockheed Martin for the wrongful...
