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Sep 19 2005 // Saylor & Hill has announced that three senior associates of the firm have been promoted to principal. Tim Sweeney, Kevin Mirsky and Chris Williams, each of whom has worked for the firm for more than a decade, will...

HURRICANE KATRINA: The Legal Saga Begins

Sep 19 2005 // The New Orleans tragedy may spawn a wave of litigation related to flood protection and levee failures. Public statements, which may serve as a foundation for massive public safety legal claims, began Sept. 1. Based on the...

AIA Criticizes Mississippi Attorney General Hood’s Lawsuit As ‘Groundless’

Sep 16 2005 // Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood’s complaint, filed in state court to force insurers to pay for flood losses not covered by property insurance contracts is “groundless” and an attempt to...

Lawsuit Filed in La. Against Insurers, Commissioner Over Katrina Damages

Sep 16 2005 // Plaintiff attorneys with the McKernan Law Firm – Jerry McKernan, Joe Bruno, Calvin Fayard and Vernon Thomas – reported that they have filed a suit seeking a speedy, favorable resolution that all property and...

PCI: Mississippi AG’s Lawsuit More About Politics than Justice

Sep 16 2005 // A lawsuit that attempts to force insurance companies to pay for flood insurance losses under homeowners insurance contracts filed by Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood will, if successful, destroy the viability of every...

NAMIC Calls Miss. AG’s Suit ‘Outrageous’

Sep 16 2005 // “It is outrageous for an attorney general from a state that requires regulators to approve insurance forms to retroactively seek changes in coverage already scrutinized by Department of Insurance staff,” Roger...

Colo. Residents Settle Wildfire Lawsuit with Energy Provider

Sep 12 2005 // Jamestown, Colo. residents who sued Xcel Energy after losing homes or property in a wildfire in 2003 have settled their lawsuit against the company. The 49 plaintiffs agreed not to disclose financial terms of the...

EEOC Sues Wis. Insurer Over Fired Pregnant Worker

Sep 9 2005 // The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has filed a discrimination lawsuit against a central Wisconsin insurance company, claiming it fired an employee because she was pregnant. But Mount Morris Mutual Insurance...

Google Settles Rest of Geico Suit

Sep 9 2005 // Google Inc. has settled the last part of a lawsuit alleging the online search engine leader’s advertising network illegally exploited insurer Geico Inc.’s brand, avoiding a trial on an issue that threatened to...

Gen Re CEO May Face SEC Fraud Suit

Sep 9 2005 // Berkshire Hathaway Inc. announced that the Securities and Exchange Commission may file a civil fraud complaint against the chief executive, Joseph Brandon, of its General Re Corp. unit over a questionable insurance...

Case Law Watch

Sep 5 2005 // Richard v. Century Sur. Co. (W.D. La. June 25, 2005) Question of fact regarding reinstatement of CGL policy: This concerns property damage incurred during Hurricane Lillie on Oct. 3, 2002. The insured made a claim under...

Case Law Watch

Sep 5 2005 // Boghos v. Certain Underwriters at Lloyd’s of London (California, July 18, 2005) Ruling: This case considered the effect and enforceability of an arbitration clause in a contract for disability insurance. The Supreme...

But Lawmakers, Interest Groups Still Debate Over Use of Aftermarket Parts

Sep 5 2005 // But Lawmakers, Interest Groups Still Debate Over Use of Aftermarket Parts Critics of national class action suits were among those cheering the loudest after the Illinois Supreme Court dismissed a $1.06 billion judgment...

State Farm Car Parts Reversal Gives Boost to Class Action Critics

Sep 5 2005 // Critics of national class action suits were among those cheering the loudest after the Illinois Supreme Court dismissed a $1.06 billion judgment against State Farm Insurance involving the use of generic auto repair...

Second Vioxx Trial to Open in N.J. as Suits Against Merck Multiply

Sep 5 2005 // Beleaguered drug maker Merck & Co.’s request to postpone the next trial over its withdrawn painkiller Vioxx has been turned down by the judge presiding over the case. Superior Court Judge Carol E. Higbee, who is...

Second Vioxx Trial to Open in N.J. as Suits Against Merck Multiply

Sep 5 2005 // Beleaguered drug maker Merck & Co.’s request to postpone the next trial over its withdrawn painkiller Vioxx has been turned down by the judge presiding over the case. Superior Court Judge Carol E. Higbee, who is...

CCC Settles ChoiceParts Litigation

Sep 2 2005 // CCC Information Services Inc., a subsidiary of CCC Information Services Group Inc., today announced that ChoiceParts, LLC and its three founding companies, including CCC, have signed a settlement agreement with the...

Allstate Settles Class Action Lawsuit for $120 Million

Sep 1 2005 // Allstate Corp. has agreed to pay up to $120 million to settle a class-action lawsuit in California brought by employees for overtime pay issues, but it still denies any wrongdoing. The Northbrook, Ill.-based...

Argonaut Group Sub, MTA Settle Suit

Aug 25 2005 // San Antonio-based Argonaut Group Inc. announced that Argonaut Insurance Company has settled its longstanding dispute with the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (“MTA”). The settlement...

Conn. Bullying Lawsuit Settled

Aug 23 2005 // The town of Greenwich, Conn. has settled a lawsuit filed in December by parents who said the Greenwich Public Schools did nothing to stop their daughter from being bullied. The lawsuit, one of the first of its kind in the...