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5 Years of Lawsuit Settlements Cost State of Missouri $52M
Feb 23 2017 // Missouri has paid more than $52 million over the last five years to settle lawsuits against various state agencies, according to information from the attorney general’s office. The House budget committee received the...
Former Staffer Files Whistleblower Suit Against Louisiana Sheriff
Feb 23 2017 // A former south Louisiana sheriff’s office employee says the sheriff wrongly fired her for cooperating with the FBI in an investigation against him. In a lawsuit filed earlier this month, Deborah Lourd said she was...
Reality Star Sues Alaska-Based Reality Show over Safety Claims
Feb 22 2017 // A star of the Alaska-based reality series “Life Below Zero” is suing the show’s producers, alleging she was hurt while forced to perform dangerous acts in support of false story lines. The lawsuit against...
Missouri GOP Again Seeking to Limit Liability Lawsuits
Feb 22 2017 // With new Republican Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens’ support, GOP lawmakers this year are pushing a collection of bills to limit liability lawsuits that supporters have praised as pro-business but critics have slammed as...
Despite Increase in Lawsuits, Texas Homeowner Insurance Complaints Remain Low
Feb 21 2017 // Despite a half million hail claims resulting in a record $4 billion in insured losses last year, homeowner complaints to the Texas Department of Insurance (TDI) were the lowest number ever recorded, the Insurance Council...
Sirius XM Wins Dismissal of Turtles Copyright Lawsuit in New York
Feb 21 2017 // Sirius XM Holdings Inc. on Thursday won the dismissal of a New York copyright lawsuit over the satellite radio company’s playing of older songs by the 1960s band The Turtles and other artists, reducing the size of a...
New Jersey Supreme Court Issues Ruling in $500M Contamination Lawsuit
Feb 20 2017 // The New Jersey Supreme Court has ruled in favor of Givaudan Fragrances Corporation (Fragrances) in a $500 million insurance coverage lawsuit against Aetna Casualty & Surety Company and additional insurers named as...
Florida AOB Abuse Update: ‘Alarming Trend’ Reaches Crisis Point
Feb 20 2017 // Assignment of benefits abuse has escalated over the last five years to the point where it is now a serious disruption to Florida’s insurance market. The abuse, which is especially rampant in South Florida, stems from...
Texas Governor Deems Hailstorm Litigation ‘Lawsuit Abuse’
Feb 20 2017 // In his state of the state address, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott gave a boost to the insurance industry’s effort to get legislation passed that would place limits on post-hailstorm litigation. Calling lawsuits against...
New West Virginia Town Files Suit Against Drug Wholesalers Over Opioid Abuse
Feb 17 2017 // A southern West Virginia town has joined other communities in seeking to recoup the costs of dealing with opioid abuse. The Charleston Gazette-Mail reports the McDowell County town of Welch filed a lawsuit Monday against...
Polluted Waste Pits Along Texas’ San Jacinto River Bring Lawsuits
Feb 16 2017 // Rick Kornele and Charles Rayburn fished and crabbed as small boys on a sand bar near a popular boat ramp on the San Jacinto River — a site today blocked off by an imposing chain-link fence that’s plastered with...
Audit Shows Risk Management Fund for New Mexico City Being Drained by Suits
Feb 16 2017 // Legal settlements in law enforcement civil rights cases over the past five years have severely depleted Albuquerque, N.M.’s risk management fund, which pays for uninsured losses. In a letter to city officials, state...
Hiscox UK & Ireland Launches Media & Creative Industries Product Suite
Feb 16 2017 // Specialist insurer Hiscox said it is addressing new exposures faced by the media and creative industries with the launch of two tailor-made professional indemnity products focused on those working within digital marketing...
Judge Rejects Bid to Dismiss Alabama Water Contamination Lawsuit
Feb 16 2017 // A federal judge in Alabama is refusing to dismiss an environmental group’s lawsuit over alleged chemical contamination in the Tennessee River. The Decatur Daily reports U.S. District Judge Abdul Kallon won’t...
Homeowners in South Carolina Awarded $7M in Faulty Construction Lawsuit
Feb 16 2017 // A townhome community in Mount Pleasant, S.C., has won a $7 million verdict against an Atlanta builder for what the townhome owners said was inferior work. The Post and Courier of Charleston reported a jury returned the...
Lance Armstrong Loses Bid to Stop $100M Federal lawsuit
Feb 15 2017 // A federal judge has refused to block the government’s $100 million lawsuit against Lance Armstrong, putting the former cyclist on course for trial in a 2010 case stemming from his performance-enhancing drug use. The...
Heat Is on Florida Lawmakers to Fix Assignment of Benefits Crisis
Feb 15 2017 // Florida’s insurance industry will apply significant pressure on lawmakers to pass assignments of benefit (AOB) reform in the upcoming legislative session as consumers face rate increases and a looming coverage...
Greenberg Fights New York AG’s Spin on Reinsurance Saga
Feb 14 2017 // Almost a dozen years ago, then-New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer filed a fraud lawsuit against former American Insurance Group Inc. CEO Maurice “Hank” Greenberg over two reinsurance transactions that...
Beyonce Faces $20M Copyright Lawsuit in Louisiana from Youtube Star’s Estate
Feb 13 2017 // The estate of a late New Orleans YouTube star has filed a $20 million copyright infringement lawsuit against Beyonce over the use of his voice in her “Formation” video. The estate of Anthony Barre, who went by...
Trump Labor Chief Nominee Puzder Dodges Disability Bias Suit for Now
Feb 13 2017 // Labor secretary nominee Andrew Puzder, the controversial business leader expected to undergo a U.S. Senate confirmation hearing next week, will be spared an emotionally weighted and concurrent discrimination trial against...
