Latest Lawsuits Headlines
All the headlines from our Lawsuits Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Case Law Watch
Nov 21 2005 // Eaton v. Continental Casualty Co. (California Court of Appeals, 2nd District, Sept. 15, 2005) Ruling: The court held that the insured’s suit against an excess insurer was not barred by the four-year statute of...
Suit Filed in New Orleans Over Excess Flood Coverage
Nov 18 2005 // A pair of plastic surgeons in New Orleans, La., who are facing more than $1 million in uninsured home losses from Hurricane Katrina, are suing State Farm Insurance, claiming the company did not tell them they could have...
Supco: Injured Worker Can’t Sue Company for Turning Him In
Nov 17 2005 // The Montana Supreme Court rebuffed an attempt by man who received a nearly $2 million workers compensation claim to sue his former employer, who he believed turned him in for fraud in a related case. The Conoco refinery in...
Federal Court Dismisses Remaining Claims in Safelite Suit
Nov 17 2005 // A federal court judge dismissed the final three claims yesterday in an Independent Glass Association (IGA)-backed lawsuit against Safelite Group, Inc., parent company of Safelite Solutions LLC and Safelite Fulfillment,...
Lawsuit Filed in N.Y. Against Operator of Lake George Cruise Ship
Nov 15 2005 // The sons of an elderly Michigan woman who drowned when the Ethan Allen cruise ship capsized last month in Lake George have filed a lawsuit against the boat’s operator. The children of 89-year-old Viola Urbaniak are...
Insurance Company Loses Ark. Lawsuit Against Trailer Manufacturer
Nov 10 2005 // The Arkansas Court of Appeals ordered the full dismissal of a lawsuit filed by an insurance company that paid a claim after a mobile home caught fire. Nationwide Mutual Fire Insurance Co. had claimed that Fleetwood Homes...
“KNIGHT” SUES DINNER THEATER:
Nov 7 2005 // A former employee performing as a jousting “knight” at a Medieval Times dinner theater in Illinois has filed a federal class-action lawsuit alleging he was discriminated against for filing and receiving...
Disaster Claims and the Ripple Effect
Nov 7 2005 // Hurricane Katrina has long gone, but the aftereffects of the mighty storm are likely to linger for a very long time. Rita and Wilma have compounded the mess. The direct losses are staggering. The latest preliminary figures...
Should the D&O Fraud Exclusion Have More Teeth?
Nov 7 2005 // Imagine that you are a new independent director of a public company. Outside auditors uncovered accounting irregularities within one of the company’s primary sales divisions. An internal investigation led to a...
Litigation as Corporate Reality
Nov 7 2005 // Key findings in the Fulbright & Jaworski 2005 Litigation Trends Survey: 1) Litigation Dockets — Eighty-seven percent of U.S. companies are engaged in some form of litigation in the U.S. Twenty percent had one to...
Litigation Costs, More Than Winning, Haunt U.S. Corporate Lawyers
Nov 7 2005 // Nearly 90% of U.S. corporations juggle multiple lawsuits. Litigation has become the great equalizer of the modern corporation. Regardless of size, industry or location, there is certain to be a sizeable number of disputes...
Avoiding Financial Catastrophes:Take Care When Procuring Agents E&O
Nov 7 2005 // Agents and brokers have spent a great deal of energy in recent years finding suitable insurance products for their clients. Not only has the marketplace become more complex, the typical insured has become increasingly more...
How to Write the Diverse Business of Lawyers Professional Liability
Nov 7 2005 // Managing the risk of lawsuits against lawyers. 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...
Nearly 90 Percent of U.S. Corporations Juggle Multiple Lawsuits
Nov 6 2005 // Litigation has become the great equalizer of the modern corporation. Regardless of size, industry or location, there is certain to be a sizeable number of disputes diverting the resources of American businesses. Nearly 90...
News Briefs
Nov 6 2005 // ILLINOIS Garrett Bonham, 29, seeks more than $75,000 in a lawsuit filed last month for injuries sustained in his 10 years of employment as a performing knight at the Schaumburg, Ill., Medieval Times, according to the...
Should the D&O Fraud Exclusion Have More Teeth?
Nov 6 2005 // Imagine that you are a new independent director of a public company. Outside auditors uncovered accounting irregularities within one of the company’s primary sales divisions. An internal investigation led to a...
Litigation Costs, More Than Winning, Haunt U.S. Corporate Lawyers
Nov 6 2005 // Nearly 90% of U.S. corporations juggle multiple lawsuits. Litigation has become the great equalizer of the modern corporation. Regardless of size, industry or location, there is certain to be a sizeable number of disputes...
Avoiding Financial Catastrophes: Take Care When Procuring Agents E&O
Nov 6 2005 // Agents and brokers have spent a great deal of energy in recent years finding suitable insurance products for their clients. Not only has the marketplace become more complex, the typical insured has become increasingly more...
How to Write the Diverse Business of Lawyers Professional Liability
Nov 6 2005 // Managing the risk of lawsuits against lawyers. 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...
Professional liability ripples
Nov 6 2005 // urricane Katrina has long gone, but the aftereffects of the mighty storm are likely to linger for a very long time. Rita and Wilma have compounded the mess. The direct losses are staggering. The latest preliminary figures...
