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Study Finds Class Action Securities Fraud Lawsuits Take a 17% Jump in 2004
Jan 4 2005 // While the number of federal securities fraud class actions filed in 2004 increased only moderately from 2003 levels, rising to 212 companies sued from 181, the decline in stock market capitalization corresponding to these...
R.I. NIGHTCLUB SUITS JOINED:
Jan 3 2005 // The civil suits stemming from The Station nightclub fire were consolidated last month under a complaint filed by 240 plaintiffs that names 47 defendants. U.S. District Judge Ronald Lagueux said the consolidation will help...
W.Va. SUPREME COURT VACATES MEDICAL MONITORING CLASS ACTION:
Jan 3 2005 // The Property Casualty Insurers Association of America (PCI) has applauded the West Virginia Supreme Court’s Dec. 2 decision to vacate a lower court certification of a class action as a tremendous step towards...
Class-Action Lawsuit Claims Hix Insurance Misled N.C. Customers
Dec 28 2004 // A class-action lawsuit has been filed in North Carolina’s Guilford Superior Court claiming that Hix Insurance of Greensboro has misled thousands of its North Carolina customers, especially Latinos, into unknowingly...
Fla. Suit Alleges Ga. Jewelry Chain Failed to Disclose Insurance Costs
Dec 23 2004 // Florida is suing a Savannah-based retail jewelry chain, alleging the company sold millions of dollars worth of insurance on jewelry items but failed to adequately disclose the costs to consumers. Friedman’s Inc....
Ohio’s Gov. Taft Pushes Hard to Get Comprehensive Tort Reform
Dec 20 2004 // Insurers and business interests appear to have won another victory in Ohio, as Gov. Robert Taft will soon sign a broad tort reform bill that caps jury awards and limits products and obesity liability. This follows on the...
PCI LAUDS PROPOSED ILL. CLASS ACTION RULE CHANGE:
Dec 20 2004 // A proposed rule change governing class action lawsuits would benefit Illinois consumers and businesses will, argued leading insurance lobby Property Casualty Insurers Association of America. Rule 225, however, was...
Looking Back on ’04: The Most Talked-About Stories in the Western Region
Dec 20 2004 // The year 2004 saw a little bit of everything across the Western Region. Workers’ comp, homeowners, med-mal, and even insurance fraud topped the list of the most talked about stories. We compiled these recaps based on...
Texas AG Sues Nation’s Third-largest Jewelry Chain, Alleging Consumer Insurance Deceptions
Dec 20 2004 // Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott announced his office has sued Friedman’s Inc. of Savannah, Ga., the nation’s third-largest jewelry chain, alleging the company misled its customers about the level of...
Third Annual Report Identifies ‘Judicial Hellholes’
Dec 15 2004 // The third annual “Judicial Hellholes” report – a ranking of the worst courts in the United States – shows a disturbing scenario for one Illinois county. As a result of what happens in the Hellhole...
Cigna HealthCare Settles Lawsuits
Dec 14 2004 // Cigna HealthCare has settled lawsuits brought on behalf of a nationwide class of specialty health care providers and certain state and national associations by promising, among other things, to establish an $11.55 million...
Big Dig Managers Face $100M Mass. Lawsuit
Dec 9 2004 // The independent agency charged with overseeing the $14.6 billion Massachusetts highway project known as the Big Dig intends to sue the consortium that managed the venture, seeking to recover as much as $100 million in...
PCI: Praises W. Va. Supreme Court Decision to Vacate Medical Monitoring Class Action
Dec 7 2004 // The Property Casualty Insurers Association of America (PCI) has praised the West Virginia Supreme Court’s decision on Dec. 2 to vacate a lower court certification of a class action as a tremendous step towards...
Outside on the Professional Liability Playground
Dec 6 2004 // The PLUS 17th Annual International Conference held in San Diego, Calif., Nov. 3-5, opened with an insightful panel discussion of well-known “outside the industry” professionals who routinely play the game of...
Keeping Up with Insurance Brokerage Investigations
Dec 6 2004 // Recent Key Developments in Ongoing Probes of Marsh, Other Brokers and Insurers Marsh ‘Hopeful’ of Quick Settlement Marsh & McLennan has been in constant contact and cooperation with New York Attorney Eliot...
Chrysler Sues Allianz for Blackout That Shut Down 14 of 31 Plants
Dec 6 2004 // DaimlerChrysler AG’s Chrysler Group has sued insurers for refusing to cover losses the company sustained during the 2003 blackout. The outage–the worst in U.S. history–left millions of Michigan residents...
Vail’s Resurgence: Is Independent Damage Still Required for Bad Faith’
Dec 6 2004 // In the arena of liability coverage, a number of significant, yet unresolved, issues are being considered by the Texas Supreme Court: The insurability of punitive damages is under review; selection of defense counsel is in...
Keeping Up with Insurance Brokerage Investigations
Dec 6 2004 // Recent Key Developments in Ongoing Probes of Marsh, Other Brokers and Insurers Marsh ‘Hopeful’ of Quick Settlement: Marsh & McLennan (MMC) has been in constant contact and cooperation with New York...
AIA: CAAA LAWSUIT WILL UNDERMINE WORKERS’ COMP REFORMS:
Dec 6 2004 // The American Insurance Association (AIA) issued a statement in response to the lawsuit filed by the California Applicant Attorneys Association (CAAA) challenging the regulations regarding Medical Provider Networks (MPNs)...
Insurers Sue Spokane Diocese to Avoid Victims’ Claims
Nov 29 2004 // Less than two weeks before the Catholic Diocese of Spokane is due to file for bankruptcy protection, its insurance carriers are suing to avoid paying victims’ sexual-abuse claims. The American Casualty Co., the...
