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NAMIC Applauds Passage of Tort Reform Bill
Sep 14 2004 // On Tuesday, by a vote of 229-174, the House of Representatives favorably approved H.R. 4571, the Lawsuit Abuse Reduction Act of 2004. H.R. 4571 would amend Rule 11 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure to penalize...
Ind. ‘Diminished Value’ Class-Action Case Could Set Dangerous Precedent, Insurers Argue
Sep 14 2004 // Indiana Supreme Court justices should carefully consider the impact that a class-action case regarding compensation for the diminished value of a vehicle could have on numerous insurance policies and premiums—and...
Asbestos – Any Options Left for Insurers’
Sep 14 2004 // While the United States Senate has expressed its willingness and commitment to solving the asbestos litigation problem facing the county, insurers remain under a siege of asbestos related claims. While hope remains that a...
ATRA Urges U.S. House to Help Halt Lawsuit Abuse
Sep 13 2004 // The American Tort Reform Association (ATRA) is urging the U.S. House of Representatives to support the Lawsuit Abuse Reduction Act of 2004 (LARA), which is scheduled for debate in the House on Tuesday. “This common...
ST. PAUL TRAVELERS HIT WITH CLASS ACTION SUIT:
Sep 6 2004 // A law firm representing former St. Paul Travelers Cos. shareholders announced it has filed suit against the company relating to the $1.6 billion reserve charge the company took last month to bring St. Paul’s...
Farmers Sues L.A. Body Shop for Alleged Fraud
Sep 2 2004 // Farmers Insurance Exchange has begun serving civil summons and complaints upon a Los Angeles body shop and its director, accusing them of taking part in a scheme designed to defraud Farmers and its policyholders. The civil...
Bridgeport Offering Mold Management and Litigation Update Seminar
Aug 26 2004 // Bridgeport Continuing Education will host a seminar on Sept. 23 in Los Angeles titled “Mold Management & Litigation Update.” The seminar is designed for attorneys, insurance adjusters, claims managers,...
DRI Australia Conferences on “Frivolous Lawsuits”
Aug 26 2004 // The Defense Research Institute, which groups some 22,000 defense lawyers, announced two upcoming conferences in Australia focused on the threat “frivolous lawsuits” may pose outside the U.S. The DRI noted that...
St. Paul Travelers Hit With Class Action Suit Over $1.6 Billion Reserve Charge
Aug 26 2004 // A law firm representing former St. Paul Travelers Cos. shareholders announced it has filed suit against the company relating to the $1.6 billion reserve charge the company took last month to bring St. Paul’s...
Corporate Litigation in U.S. Growing Sharply for Large Companies
Aug 23 2004 // Believe it or not, American businesses may have become a tad less litigious in the past three years. In a new survey of national litigation trends by law firm Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P., the average number of cases...
Key Findings in the Fulbright U.S. Corporate Litigation Trends Survey
Aug 23 2004 // Top Five Litigation Concerns In-house counsel were asked to rank their top five areas of litigation exposure. The number one concern was labor and employment, with 62 percent identifying it as the chief cause of action....
The Denial is in the Details: Description of the Premises Defines Coverage
Aug 23 2004 // Commercial property issues lead to surprisingly few reported opinions. While they may not result in opinions, many disputes arise over policy interpretation, stemming from the description of the insured premises. Under the...
ANTHEM FILES LAWSUIT AGAINST CALIFORNIA INSURANCE COMMISSIONER:
Aug 23 2004 // Anthem Inc. filed a lawsuit against the California Insurance Commissioner in the Superior Court of the State of California for the County of Los Angeles. The suit seeks to set aside the Commissioner’s decision to...
Suit Filed in Pa. over Interest on Unclaimed Property
Aug 20 2004 // When lawyer Ronald J. Smolow recovered stock proceeds from the state’s unclaimed-property fund, his request for $30 in interest was turned down. Now, he is pursuing a lawsuit that could eventually cost the state...
Judge Dismisses Suit Against OxyContin Maker
Aug 20 2004 // A federal judge in Roanoke, Va. has dismissed a lawsuit against Connecticut-based OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma by three men who claimed they became addicted to the painkiller while using it to treat their various medical...
W. Va. WCC Files Suit Against Employers
Aug 17 2004 // West Virginia’s Workers’ Compensation Commission recently filed injunctions against three state employers whose accounts with the Commission are reportedly in default. Injunctions were filed in Kanawha County...
DMLR: N.C. Senate Candidate Sides with Attorneys on Ending Medical Lawsuit Abuse
Aug 16 2004 // Doctors for Medical Liability Reform (DMLR), a coalition of more than 230,000 specialty physicians working to ending medical lawsuit abuse, said Erskine Bowles, Democratic candidate for John Edwards’ open U.S. Senate...
Mass. Jury Faults Doctor in HMO Death Suit
Aug 12 2004 // A jury awarded $1 million to the family of a man whose stomach cancer was overlooked by a Norwood doctor in a malpractice case that lawyers say exposes physicians’ incentives to limit care to HMO patients. Kimiyoshi...
ATRA Urges Enactment of Lawsuit Abuse Reduction Act
Aug 9 2004 // ATRA Urges Enactment of Lawsuit Abuse Reduction Act The American Tort Reform Association (ATRA) is urging enactment of a federal bill that would reportedly remove two of the biggest thorns in the side of the U.S. judicial...
Survey: No Relief from Litigation for Big Firms
Aug 4 2004 // Litigation involving U.S. business has receded slightly overall, but large corporations have experienced a surge and see no relief from lawsuits in sight. In a new survey of national litigation trends by law firm Fulbright...
