Latest Lawsuits Headlines
All the headlines from our Lawsuits Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Case Law Watch
Jan 22 2006 // Allstate Insurance Company v. Reid (1st Cir. Nov. 30, 2005) Ruling: Coverage Not Available for Damage to Boat Towed by Insured. Defendant and his friend, May, were returning from a fishing trip. Defendant was towing...
Gemstar sues insurer
Jan 22 2006 // Gemstar-TV Guide International Inc. has sued an insurer, seeking to recover $50 million in liability coverage the media and technology company claims it is due to help cover judgments stemming from lawsuits about inflated...
Emerging environmental risks pose problems for underwriters
Jan 22 2006 // Anticipating and assessing risk, along with defining and assigning value to units of exposure, are basic components of an insurance underwriter’s job. Challenging as such tasks are when examining well-known...
How to Write: Lawyers Liability
Jan 22 2006 // With more than a quarter million law firms in the United States, the lawyers’ professional liability market represents a huge opportunity for retail agents and wholesale brokers seeking to grow their business. In any...
Case Law Watch
Jan 22 2006 // Topliff v. Chicago Insurance Co. (Wash. Court of Appeals, Nov. 15, 2005) Ruling: The insured, an attorney, had been sued in an underlying action, and his professional liability insurer denied coverage because the claim was...
St. Paul Travelers Weighing Apparent Setback in Asbestos Litigation
Jan 20 2006 // The United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit has voided on procedural grounds a July 2003 arbitration decision that was in favor of Travelers (St. Paul Travelers) in litigation brought by ACandS, Inc. The 2003...
Nickelodeon, Kellogg Targeted in Suit to Stop Junk Food Marketing to Kids
Jan 19 2006 // Parents and advocacy groups are filing suit against Viacom’s Nickelodeon media outlets and snack and cereal giant Kellogg to stop them from marketing junk food to young children. The plaintiffs maintain that these...
NAIC: Standards for Sale of Life and Annuities Should Protect “All Ages”
Jan 16 2006 // North Dakota Insurance Commissioner Jim Poolman has called for the National Association of Insurance Commissioners to review and develop new standards for the sale of life insurance and annuities that would protect...
Judge Hands State Setback in R.I. Lead Paint Lawsuit
Jan 13 2006 // A judge dealt a potential setback Wednesday to the state’s landmark lawsuit against former makers of lead paint, preventing two key witnesses from testifying about how much has been spent to combat the problem in...
U.S. Rep. Taylor Joins Lawsuit Against Mississippi Insurer
Jan 11 2006 // U.S. Rep. Gene Taylor, D-Miss., has joined the thousands of Mississippians suing State Farm Fire & Casualty Co., challenging the insurance company’s refusal to cover property losses resulting from Hurricane...
Okla. Ranked 48th in Emergency Medicine; Liability Lawsuits, Lack of Insurance Part of Problem, Report Says
Jan 11 2006 // Oklahoma ranks 48th among the 50 states and the District of Columbia in emergency medicine in a new report issued by the American College of Emergency Physicians. The state was given an overall grade of “D+”...
Fla. Attorney General Sues Home Care Firm for Fraud
Jan 10 2006 // A Florida corporation and its owner selling fraudulent contracts for home health care services to senior Floridians has been sued by Attorney General Charlie Crist. Clearwater-based Intrust Home Care and its president, Roy...
Lawsuit Revived against Staples Chain over Insurance Charges
Jan 10 2006 // A California appeals court reinstated a lawsuit that claims office supply chain Staples Inc.cheated customers by charging them for insurance when shipping some products. The 2nd District Court of Appeals, in a 2-1...
Fla. Seaplane Crash Victims File Wrongful Death Lawsuit for Chalk’s Airline Insurance Proceeds
Jan 4 2006 // A lawsuit asking a Miami-Dade Circuit Court to make sure victims of a Chalk’s Ocean Airways crash receive their share of the company’s insurance money was filed on Tuesday by relatives of a woman and her infant...
Gemstar Sues Insurer for Allegedly Failing to Cover Court Judgments
Jan 3 2006 // Gemstar-TV Guide International Inc. has sued an insurer, seeking to recover $50 million (euro42.3 million) in liability coverage the media and technology company claims it is due to help cover judgments stemming from...
Milwaukee Bank Sues Marsh to Recover Contingency Fees
Jan 3 2006 // Milwaukee-based Marshall & IIsley Corp., a banking and financial services company, is suing Marsh & McLennan Cos. Inc., electing to participate in the $850 million settlement of bid-rigging and antitrust...
Risk management strategies before, during and after construction
Jan 2 2006 // The construction-defect wave of the past decade has demonstrated that a comprehensive litigation risk management program must address a project’s needs at pre-construction, during construction and at...
Hurricane Katrina leveled Pascagoula, Miss., home of U.S. Sen. Trent Lott; He’s suing State Farm for damage
Jan 2 2006 // U.S. Sen. Trent Lott, R-Miss., is suing his insurance company over damages to his beachfront Pascagoula home, which was leveled by Hurricane Katrina. The law office of Richard “Dickie” Scruggs, Lott’s...
California residential construction efforts reduce risk of defect litigation
Jan 2 2006 // Builders and trade contractors vie to bring carriers back to the Golden State. During the past few years, builders and trade contractors in California have endured triple-digit rate increases and an exodus of insurance...
Settlement proposed in class action against ChoicePoint
Jan 1 2006 // Insurance agents and agencies who provided personal information regarding potential or actual insureds to ChoicePoint Services Inc. between Jan. 1 1997, and Aug. 9, 2005, may be entitled to money and benefits as a result...
