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Expert Ponders California Wildfire Commission, Other Solutions to State’s Severe Seasons
Jan 29 2019 // Powered by InsuranceJournal.tv Establishing a California Wildfire Commission is just one idea an expert is tossing out to help the state deal with worsening fire seasons. James Woods was formerly co-leader of Mayer...
Tinder Settles California Discrimination Suit by Daters 28 And up
Jan 29 2019 // Tinder agreed to settle an age-discrimination lawsuit by users in California older than 28 who claimed they had to pay more for the dating app’s premium features than younger users. The settlement covers about...
Families File Civil Suit Against Parents of Kentucky School Shooting Suspect
Jan 29 2019 // The families of victims of a Kentucky school shooting have filed separate civil lawsuits blaming the suspect’s parents for failing to secure a handgun used in the attack. The lawsuits say the mother and stepfather of...
Who Pays for Injuries Blamed on E-Scooters?
Jan 29 2019 // Over the past few years, cities across America have experienced sudden downpours of shared electric scooters, piling up almost overnight on curbs, sidewalks and front-yards from Atlanta to Los Angeles. The phenomenon has...
$13M Suit Filed Against Fitness Chain After Oregon Man Dies on Treadmill
Jan 28 2019 // A $13 million lawsuit has been filed against a fitness center chain after a 62-year-old Oregon man collapsed and died while running on a treadmill. The Oregonian/OregonLive reported the lawsuit filed last week in Oregon by...
Metals Financing Fraud Lawsuits Reveal Risks of Relying on Paper Receipts
Jan 28 2019 // When the man running one of London’s biggest metals brokerages found a new client who wanted to finance large volumes of nickel held in warehouses in Asia, he thought the deal promised major rewards. Less than a year...
Sometimes Bad Things Happen in Sports That Lawsuits Can’t Remedy: Viewpoint
Jan 25 2019 // Oh, but we live in sour times. Next month’s Super Bowl will feature the Most Hated Team in Football against an opponent who got there because of the Worst Call in Playoff History. Of the hatred I have nothing at...
Jury Awards $7M to North Carolina Trooper, Wife in Greyhound Bus Accident Suit
Jan 25 2019 // A federal jury has awarded $7 million in damages to a North Carolina trooper and his wife for when a passenger bus plowed into the trooper’s sport-utility vehicle as he responded to an Interstate 40 accident. Court...
Fans File Blown-Call Lawsuit Seeking Do-Over of Rams-Saints Game
Jan 24 2019 // In the legal equivalent of a Hail Mary pass, two New Orleans Saints season ticket holders asked a judge on Tuesday to order the NFL commissioner to reverse the results of the NFC championship game that sent the Los Angeles...
Lawsuit Filed Against School District Over Fatal Shooting at Kentucky High School
Jan 24 2019 // The estate of a girl killed and three other students wounded in a shooting at a Kentucky high school have filed suit against the school district and school officials, the teenage suspect and his mother and stepfather. The...
Maryland Family Sues for Up to $20M Over Man’s Death at Delaware Junk Yard
Jan 23 2019 // The family of a Maryland man crushed by a van in a Delaware junk yard is suing the business for up to $20 million for gross negligence, wrongful death and other claims. The News Journal of Wilmington reports the family of...
Commodities Broker Files $284M Suit Alleging Metals Fraud – in Echo of Natixis/Marex Case
Jan 23 2019 // Broker ED&F Man has filed a $284 million lawsuit against two Hong Kong companies, alleging that they knowingly provided fraudulent warehouse receipts for nickel stored in Asia, court documents show. The two Hong Kong...
Fund Manager LJM Sues to Find Those Behind Market Volatility Losses
Jan 22 2019 // LJM Partners Ltd. on Friday filed a lawsuit against unnamed parties it holds responsible for hundreds of millions of dollars it lost after last year’s jump in stock market volatility that effectively put the fund...
Danske Bank Faces Shareholder Lawsuit over Money Laundering Scandal
Jan 22 2019 // Litigation funder IMF Bentham has teamed up with legal experts Quinn Emanuel and Njord Law Firm and plans to file a shareholder lawsuit against Danske Bank by July over a 200 billion euro ($230 billion) money laundering...
Corporate Culture, Cyber Risk Are Top of Mind for D&O Underwriters
Jan 21 2019 // Transparency and culture awareness were the key takeaways from a panel discussion on top directors and officers’ claims trends that took place at this year’s Professional Liability Underwriting Society (PLUS)...
New Suits Filed Over Pain Meds Given to Near-Death Patients in Ohio
Jan 18 2019 // An Ohio man said on Jan. 16 he was stunned to learn of allegations that his wife’s hospital death last year was caused by a doctor’s order for a fatal dose of pain medication. David Austin said he called an...
Ohio Hospital: Doc Gave Excessive Pain Meds to Near-Death Patients, Suit Filed
Jan 18 2019 // An intensive care doctor ordered “significantly excessive and potentially fatal” doses of pain medicine for at least 27 near-death patients in the past few years after families asked that lifesaving measures be...
Marex Spectron’s Metals Financing Deal Triggers Fraud Lawsuit, Insurance Dispute
Jan 18 2019 // Commodities broker Marex Spectron was warned by one of its executives about the risk of fraud before it finalized a metals financing deal with French bank Natixis that triggered a $32 million lawsuit by the lender, court...
Florida Jury Awards Family $500M in Wrongful Death Suit Over Car Shooting
Jan 18 2019 // A Florida jury has awarded nearly $500 million to the family of a woman fatally shot during an argument in a car in 2011. The family of 20-year-old Kalil McCoy of Jacksonville filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the man...
Markel Faces Investor Lawsuit Over CATCo Loss Reserves
Jan 17 2019 // Markel Corp. is facing is class action shareholder lawsuit over reserve statements by its investment management unit that are being investigated by U.S. and Bermuda authorities New York law firm Bragar Eagel & Squire...
