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Pa. Town’s Insurer Pays to Settle ‘Officer NASCAR’ Suit

Sep 25 2005 // The insurance carrier for the city of Erie, Pa. will pay $600,000 to the parents of a woman left brain damaged by a car crash involving a police officer whose driving earned him the nickname “NASCAR” among his...

ACE Settles Connecticut AG lawsuit

Sep 22 2005 // ACE Ltd. said it has resolved a lawsuit brought by the Connecticut attorney general, and will pay $40,000 in exchange for a release of Connecticut’s claims and a withdrawal of the lawsuit, according to Reuters. The...

Conn. AG Blumenthal Expands Suit Against Marsh to Include Bid Rigging, Kickback Allegations

Sep 22 2005 // Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal announced new allegations in his lawsuit against insurance broker Marsh & McLennan Inc., including bid rigging, price fixing and illegally steering Connecticut...

Allstate Challenges Mississippi Attorney General Hood’s Lawsuit

Sep 21 2005 // Allstate Corp. has issued a direct challenge to the lawsuit filed last week by Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood in which it refutes the charges made by the attorney general. On Sept. 16, Hood sued Allstate Property...

Pa. Court Nixes Suit Against Doctor by Blackout Driver

Sep 21 2005 // A neurologist can’t be sued over a car crash in which his patient, who had a seizure disorder, blacked out and caused a car crash that killed a woman and her pregnant daughter, an appeals court ruled. The...

TERROR SUITS AGAINST ARAB BANK PROCEED:

Sep 19 2005 // A U.S. judge in Manhattan upheld three lawsuits accusing the Jordan-based Arab Bank of promoting Palestinian suicide attacks by funneling Saudi money to bombers’ families. U.S. District Judge Nina Gershon denied six...

HURRICANE KATRINA: The Legal Saga Begins

Sep 19 2005 // Liability Claims Will Range Far-and-Wide for Years to Come 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...

U.S. Chamber Says Litigation Outbreak Will Slow Katrina Recovery Efforts

Sep 19 2005 // The U.S. Chamber Institute for Legal Reform (ILR) is warning that the financial devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina could be made worse by a rash of lawsuits that will delay and complicate recovery efforts for hundreds...

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...

Case Law Watch

Sep 19 2005 // This recurring feature examines insurance coverage decisions in the Midwest’s appellate courts, as compiled by the New York-based law firm of Goldberg Segalla LLC and edited by insurance lawyer Kevin T. Merriman...

Silly Business Suits Back in Style

Sep 19 2005 // Saying complimentary things about trial attorneys is not exactly the surest way to win friends in the insurance industry. Yet even in the heated debate over tort reform, it should be acceptable to acknowledge when the...

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...

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...