Latest Lawsuits Headlines
All the headlines from our Lawsuits Topic Page, ordered by recency.
They Did It Their Way
Dec 16 2002 // When you’re compiling a list of top 10’s, there is always the fear of leaving someone off, admitting someone who maybe does not deserve the billing or having the players out of order of importance. Believe me,...
New Report Shows Asbestos Litigation Crisis Hurting Workers
Dec 16 2002 // The asbestos litigation crisis has cost the American economy tens of thousands of jobs and has reduced pension wealth for employees at bankrupt firms by an average of 25 percent, according to an American Insurance...
Alleged N. Y. Fraud Ring Sued by The Hartford
Dec 13 2002 // The Hartford filed suit against seven New York State residents and eleven New York businesses for their role in an alleged scheme to fraudulently purchase insurance coverage and avoid paying hundreds of thousands of...
Lawsuits Aim to Block Farmers Settlement
Dec 13 2002 // Policyholders unhappy with the settlement worked out between Farmers Insurance Group and the state of Texas filed lawsuits seeking to block the $100 million settlement that was reached on Nov. 30. According to the...
Farmers, Mid-Century Ins. Co. Sue Calif. Body Shops for Fraud
Dec 11 2002 // Farmers Insurance Exchange and Mid-Century Insurance Company have begun serving civil summons and complaints upon an Oakland, Calif. body shop and a Ventura County, Calif. body shop, their owners, former Farmers employees...
AIA Pleased by Formation of New NAIC Working Group on Class Action
Dec 11 2002 // Arkansas Insurance Commissioner Mike Pickens, newly elected president of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC), reported during a meeting of the Consumer Protection Working Group that the NAIC will...
Litigation, Mandates Add to Largest Jump of Health Benefit Costs Since 1990
Dec 10 2002 // A new report by Mercer Human Resources Consulting shows that the cost of health benefits rose almost 15 percent in 2002 – the largest one-year rise since 1990. “This is a leadership opportunity for the incoming...
Cutter & Buck Announces D&O Insurer’s Rescission Notice
Dec 10 2002 // Seattle-based Cutter & Buck Inc. announced that the Company has received notice that its primary directors’ and officers’ liability insurance carrier is attempting to rescind the Company’s...
New Reports Shows Asbestos Litigation Crisis Hurting Workers
Dec 3 2002 // The asbestos litigation crisis has cost the American economy tens of thousands of jobs and has reduced pension wealth for employees at bankrupt firms by an average of 25 percent, according to an American Insurance...
Brother, Could You Spare Some Coverage’ Some Nonprofits Face Shrinking D&O, EPL Capacity
Nov 25 2002 // Since the book-cooking scandals that undid Enron, Worldcom and other concerns surfaced in recent months, insurers have ratcheted up their already growing scrutiny of corporate clients, resulting in higher premiums and...
Halliburton Asbestos Suit Nears Settlement
Nov 22 2002 // An agreement may soon be reached in the asbestos liability lawsuits against Halliburton Co, based in Dallas, and Honeywell International Inc. that would settle hundreds of thousands of claims. According to Reuters,...
NAII Seeks to Reverse Nationwide Class Action Suit Filed in Texas
Nov 18 2002 // The Beaumont Court of Appeals in Texas has departed from state law in its improper certification of a nationwide class action suit that would ultimately make law for the entire country, according to the National...
Progressive Settles Program Lawsuits, Confirms October Results
Nov 18 2002 // Ohio-based Progressive Corporation reported that it has received final approval from the trial court of the settlement process resolving its several alternative commission program lawsuits, and has accordingly confirmed...
AscendantOne Launches Solution Suite 2.0
Nov 12 2002 // AscendantOne Inc. of Nashua, N.H. announced the launch of Version 2.0 of its Solution Suite property/casualty technology platform. New features include fully automated out-of-sequence endorsement processing, as well as a...
THE ST. PAUL COS. NOTES LAWSUITS, SAYS IT WILL CONTEST
Nov 11 2002 // The St. Paul Cos. reports two lawsuits have been filed against it and two of its executives over the insurer’s handling of the Western MacArthur asbestos case, which cost the insurer nearly a billion dollars and sent...
Dramatic Market Change Hits Professional Liability
Nov 11 2002 // For most law firms, 2002 and 2003 will be challenging years in respect to securing professional liability insurance. The “new market” is similar to that of the mid-’80s and has caused consolidation of...
RLI Corp. Implements Duck Creek’s Example Platform Product Suite
Nov 7 2002 // Missouri-based Duck Creek Technologies, Inc., a provider of product management software and services to the insurance industry, announced that RLI Corp. of Peoria, Ill. has implemented its “Example Platform Product...
Ballard Sues Farmers Over Accusations
Nov 6 2002 // Austin, Texas-based homeowner advocate, Melinda Ballard, announced she filed a lawsuit in Travis County District Court against Farmers Insurance (Farmers) and its paid spokesman for falsely accusing her of committing...
Ohio Ins. Director Files 10th Brief in Auto Parts Dispute
Oct 30 2002 // Ohio Insurance Director Lee Covington has become the point man for insurance commissioners nationwide, who are worried about court decisions, usually involving class actions, that they feel trespass on their regulatory...
Class Action Suit Filed on Behalf of Purchasers of The St. Paul Cos.
Oct 30 2002 // The law firm of Cauley Geller Bowman & Coates, LLP reports that a class action has been filed in the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota on behalf of purchasers of The St. Paul Companies...
