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SEC sues RenRe officers over alleged finite reinsurance scam
Oct 9 2006 // SEC attorney Andrew Calamari, who headed the SEC’s investigations in both cases, declined to comment on whether criminal charges were under consideration in the RenRe matter. He stressed that the Commission brings...
Why do restaurants need employment practices insurance coverage?
Oct 9 2006 // Employment practices liability claims are on the rise and to date approximately 60 percent of all civil litigation in federal courts is EPL related. The rise in claims activity is a concern for all business owners,...
Ohio Attorney General Files Class Action Against Scottish Re Group
Oct 4 2006 // Ohio Attorney General Jim Petro late yesterday filed a motion in federal court in New York requesting the State Teachers Retirement System of Ohio (STRS) be appointed lead plaintiff in a securities class action lawsuit...
French Protesters Urge Nationwide Anti-Asbestos Lawsuit
Oct 3 2006 // Thousands of protesters gathered this past weekend at a landmark Paris tower once lined with asbestos to demand a nationwide lawsuit against those who allowed workers to be exposed to the hazardous substance. Relatives of...
La. Commissioner Drops Attempt to Pull Opponent’s Ads, Files Lawsuit
Sep 29 2006 // Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon dropped his attempt earlier this week to yank off the air his opponent’s commercial that claims Donelon traded insurance licenses for campaign contributions. Donelon sued state Sen....
Kan. Gubernatorial Candidate Lists Plan for Health Care, Reducing Lawsuits
Sep 28 2006 // Saying his goal is to ensure Kansans have access to affordable health insurance and medical care by 2010, Republican gubernatorial candidate Jim Barnett outlined a plan that includes creating a one-stop shopping center for...
La.’s Commissioner Donelon Files Suit to Stop Opponent’s Ads
Sep 27 2006 // Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon filed a lawsuit against his opponent in Saturday’s election, demanding an end to television commercials that claim Donelon trades insurance licenses for campaign...
Ark. Jury Rules for Chicken Feed Company in Suit over Leukemia Cause
Sep 27 2006 // An Arkansas jury took only 21 minutes on Sept. 25 to rule in favor of a company that was sued for selling a chicken feed that plaintiffs alleged contributed to a Prairie Grove boy’s leukemia seven years ago. Ten of...
Supreme Court to Hear Credit Scoring Disclosure Case
Sep 27 2006 // The U.S. Supreme Court said this week it will consider several business cases during its upcoming term, including a case that could make it easier for consumers to hold insurers, banks and other businesses liable for not...
Adjuster Sues Sisters for Releasing State Farm Files
Sep 27 2006 // A company that contracts with State Farm Insurance Co. is suing two former employees who are helping an attorney build cases against the insurer for denying claims after Hurricane Katrina. E.A. Renfroe & Co., a...
Families Hope Civil Suit Brings Accountability for R.I. Club Fire
Sep 27 2006 // Now that the criminal case stemming from The Station nightclub fire in Rhode Island is ending, the families of some of the 100 people killed in the blaze are looking to a massive civil case for accountability. The federal...
Suit filed against Comair for Kentucky crash
Sep 25 2006 // The family of a woman killed when Comair Flight 5191 took off on the wrong runway at Blue Grass Airport in Lexington, Ky., and crashed in flames has sued the airline, blaming it for the country’s deadliest airplane...
Judge: Landowners cannot sue Forest Service over lost homes
Sep 25 2006 // Bitterroot Valley, Mont., residents who alleged their homes were destroyed when firefighters lit a backburn to slow encroaching flames cannot sue the U.S. Forest Service over their losses, a federal judge ruled. U.S....
Lawyers Seek to Lift W. Va. Ban on Certain Bad Faith Suits
Sep 19 2006 // While West Virginia Gov. Joe Manchin and the insurance industry credit last year’s ban on “third party, bad faith” lawsuits for $77 million in policy rate cuts, Jenny Bonham believes it helped one insurer...
Lawsuit in Va. Boating Deaths Settled for $2.75M
Sep 18 2006 // A man who pleaded guilty to causing the boat accident that killed a couple on Smith Mountain Lake has agreed to settle a lawsuit filed against him by their estates. Mark de Tournillon Sr. agreed Friday to a $2.75 million...
Judge: Suits Over Alleged Falsified Katrina Damage Reports to Go to Trial
Sep 15 2006 // A federal judge in Gulfport, Miss., has refused to dismiss two lawsuits that accuse a Texas engineering firm and two engineers of falsifying Hurricane Katrina damage reports to benefit insurance companies. U.S. District...
Family of Fair Accident Victim in Mass. Files Wrongful Death Suit
Sep 15 2006 // The family of a Shrewsbury, Mass., man who died after being thrown from a carnival ride at a church fair nearly two years ago has filed a wrongful death suit against the company that owned the ride, its president, and...
Judge: Landowners Cannot Sue Forest Service Over Lost Homes
Sep 14 2006 // Bitterroot Valley, Mont., residents who allege their homes were destroyed by a backburn that got away from firefighters cannot sue the U.S. Forest Service over their losses, a federal judge has ruled. U.S. District Judge...
Miss. Judge Rules Against Mass Action on Katrina Lawsuits
Sep 10 2006 // In a blow to hundreds of Mississippi homeowners whose insurance claims were denied after Hurricane Katrina, a federal judge has ruled that policyholders suing their insurers must file their lawsuits individually instead of...
Former NFL Star Terrell Davis Sues Insurer over Emmy Fracas
Sep 8 2006 // Former Denver Broncos star Terrell Davis has sued an insurance company claiming it refused to defend him in an earlier lawsuit related to an Emmy Awards after-party fracas. Davis sued Liberty Mutual Fire Insurance Co....
