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The Coverage Conundrum in Chinese Drywall Claims
Sep 21 2009 // The Latest Mass Tort Unless you live in Florida or Louisiana, or regularly read the Insurance Journal, you may only now be hearing about the latest mass tort craze: Chinese-Manufactured Drywall (often simply referred to as...
Oklahoma Teen Alleges Discrimination by Retail Giant
Sep 21 2009 // A Muslim teenager claims in a federal lawsuit that she was denied a job at an Abercrombie & Fitch clothing store at a Tulsa mall because she wore a head scarf. In the lawsuit filed Wednesday in U.S. District Court in...
Timely Claims Reporting: A Serious Obligation for Agencies
Sep 21 2009 // In many insurance agencies, customer service representatives (CSRs) are responsible for handling claims submissions for clients. Larger agencies may have a separate claims department. Various problems can arise when the...
Connecticut Hospital Sued over Woman’s Suicide
Sep 17 2009 // The family of a Connecticut woman who killed herself three days after her grandson drowned in a bathtub while under her care is suing Hartford Hospital and a psychiatrist. The lawsuit claims the hospital and Dr. Carl...
South Dakota Urology Clinic Wants Iowans’ Lawsuit Dismissed
Sep 16 2009 // A South Dakota urology clinic and its owners have asked a judge to dismiss an amended lawsuit and its class-action request filed by five Iowans who claim they could have been exposed to blood-borne infections. State health...
Maryland Woman Sues after Tripping over Flower Pot
Sep 15 2009 // A Maryland woman is seeking $150,000 for injuries she says she sustained when she tripped over a flower pot at a fire hall in 2006. According to court documents, Shirley Hiser filed suit Tuesday against the Maugansville...
US Pharmacy Tech Sues Employer over Mock Holdup
Sep 15 2009 // A Pennsylvania pharmacy technician who says she was traumatized when a masked gunman burst into her store demanding the painkiller OxyContin is suing her employers for arranging the mock holdup. Babette Perry says in a...
Obama Gives Proponents Hope for Medical Malpractice Reform
Sep 14 2009 // Following President Barack Obama’s offer of compromise on an issue that has long divided Washington, congressional health care negotiators are considering proposals to foster alternatives to medical malpractice...
Suit against Massachustts Power Company Moves Forward
Sep 14 2009 // A Massachusetts Superior Court judge has allowed a lawsuit brought by residents and businesses served by electric utility Unitil to go forward. The 13 plaintiffs are seeking damages for losses incurred in an ice storm that...
Tennessee Suit Over False Report by Check Verification Firm Allowed
Sep 9 2009 // A person does not have to show actual damages to be able to sue a check verification firm for mistakenly reporting information affecting consumer credit files, the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the Sixth District...
Federal Judge Rules Michigan College Coach Immune to Player Suit
Sep 8 2009 // A federal judge has dismissed parts of a lawsuit against Central Michigan University and its women’s basketball coach, who is accused of dropping a scholarship partly because a player isn’t a lesbian. U.S....
Attorney: Ford Settles New Jersey Toxic Waste Lawsuit
Sep 8 2009 // The Ford Motor Co. has settled a lawsuit filed by residents of a northern New Jersey town over toxic waste dumped there nearly 40 years ago. The settlement was announced in state Superior Court on Thursday. Details were...
Citizens to Pay Class Action Attorneys, Rather than Post Appeal Bond
Sep 7 2009 // Louisiana Citizens Property Corporation avoided what Commissioner of Insurance Jim Donelon had called a potential disaster when it negotiated an agreement to pay a group of attorneys in a class action lawsuit $6 million in...
Michigan High Court to Reconsider Auto Accident Victims’ Right to Sue
Sep 7 2009 // The Michigan Supreme Court has set the stage for reversing a 2004 precedent that restricts when people injured in auto accidents can sue for pain and suffering. In a 4-3 order, the court decided to reconsider the case of...
Maryland Grocer to Pay $275K to Settle Gender Suit
Sep 3 2009 // The federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission says Maryland grocery chain Mars Super Markets will pay $275,000 to settle a gender discrimination lawsuit. The settlement was announced Tuesday. Part-time deli clerk...
Tampa Bay Doctor Wins $10 Million Libel Suit Against Florida Newspaper
Sep 3 2009 // A jury has sided with a Tampa Bay doctor in a libel suit against Times Publishing Co., the parent company of the St. Petersburg Times. The decision calls for Dr. Harold L. Kennedy, former chief of medicine at Bay Pines VA...
Louisiana Insurance Chief Seeks Lawsuit Protection for Citizens
Sep 2 2009 // Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon says that he’ll support legislation to give the state’s “insurer of last resort” immunity against certain lawsuits, a proposal that could retroactively...
Argus, Tremont Settle Madoff Suits Over Life, Annuity Policies
Sep 1 2009 // Argus Group Holdings Ltd and Tremont International Insurance Ltd have reached a settlement with buyers and holders of life insurance and annuity policies lost in the Bernard Madoff fraud, according to court documents...
Legal Challenges Could Turn Off Florida’s Red Light Cameras
Aug 31 2009 // Last year, Pembroke Pines turned on its first red-light camera. Across South Florida, other cities followed. But now critics — and lawsuits — are questioning whether the cameras pass legal muster. Several...
Missouri Sues Arkansas Insurer
Aug 31 2009 // Missouri insurance regulators have gone to court to stop an Arkansas-based life insurance company from illegally changing the terms of its cancer insurance policies, the Missouri Department of Insurance announced. The DOI...
