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More Lawsuits, Firmer Prices on the Horizon for Executive Liability
Nov 2 2008 // Property Premiums Fall Sharply; P/C Insurers Post Q3 Losses; Some Sell Stock to Raise Cash for Surplus Woes More lawsuits and firmer rates for directors and officers liability coverage are almost certainly ahead as a...
Increased Vulnerability of Executive Suite Makes D&O a Critical Coverage
Nov 2 2008 // Public, Private and Non-Profits Cannot Afford To Be Without Management Liability Coverage Today
More E&O Coverage for a Reasonable Price Suits the Average ‘Joe and Jo’
Nov 2 2008 // Joe the “insurance agent” wants a reasonably priced errors and omissions insurance policy for his independent agency that covers all the business activities his operation engages in, whether they are revenue...
Nevada Cap on Medical Damage Awards Draws Criticism
Oct 31 2008 // As 59-year-old Richard Krikalo lumbers through the office of a junkyard he helps manage, he bumps into a desk and clips a wastebasket with his right leg. Krikalo is almost blind in his right eye and has trouble with depth...
San Mateo County To Sue Lehman Brothers
Oct 31 2008 // San Mateo County Calif., has decided to sue executives at the bankrupt investment firm Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc., claiming they misled investors about the firm’s financial health. The Board of Supervisors agreed...
Former Employees’ Skepticism Cited in Investors’ Lawsuit Against Lehman
Oct 31 2008 // Aggrieved investors in Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. have added new legal claims in what is sure to be one of the most closely watched lawsuits of the mortgage crisis, accusing company insiders and others of misleading...
Illinois Attorney General Sues Distributor of Recalled Cribs
Oct 31 2008 // Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan has filed a lawsuit against a crib distributor for allegedly ignoring a nationwide recall of bassinets that can cause babies to suffocate. Madigan criticized federal regulators...
Family of Man Who Died after Roller-Coaster Ride Sues NYC
Oct 31 2008 // The family of a California man who died after he fractured his neck on Coney Island’s Cyclone roller-coaster has sued New York City. The musician’s relatives say the city failed to keep the eight-decade-old...
Connecticut Family Sues Party Hosts in Drunken Driving Death
Oct 30 2008 // The family of a 19-year-old who died in a drunken driving accident is suing the hosts of a Madison party where the driver had been given alcohol. The family of Kirsten Meyer, killed in a drunken driving crash after a 2007...
Louisiana Saints’ Nesbit Files Lawsuit Against Diet Pill Manufacturer
Oct 30 2008 // New Orleans Saints offensive guard Jamar Nesbit filed suit against the maker of a weight-loss supplement on Oct. 26, alleging it was improperly spiked with a diuretic that is banned by the NFL. The lawsuit against the...
California Change to Construction Contracts Could Increase Litigation
Oct 29 2008 // California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has approved legislation affecting indemnity for construction defect claims in contracts in residential construction — a decision that could increase litigation when resolving...
Wisconsin Parents Win $11.4 Million in Malpractice Suit
Oct 27 2008 // A Wisconsin jury has awarded the parents of a brain-damaged boy $11.4 million in a medical malpractice case. Chad and Amy Jelinek of Eastman claimed in a 2006 lawsuit that negligent care by a nurse and nurse midwife at...
Minnesota Judge Throws Out I-35W Replacement Bridge Lawsuit
Oct 27 2008 // A judge has thrown out a lawsuit challenging ow Minnesota transportation officials awarded the contract for the recently opened Interstate 35W replacement bridge in Minneapolis. Ramsey County District Judge Edward Cleary...
Idaho Man Sues Weapon Makers, Wal-Mart Over Injury
Oct 27 2008 // A Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, man who said his hand was permanently injured when his gun exploded is suing a rifle-making company, a bullet manufacturer and Wal-Mart. James Monette filed the lawsuit against rifle-maker...
Suits Filed Over Arkansas Rail Explosion
Oct 21 2008 // Lawsuits filed over a 2005 Union Pacific derailment, explosion and chemical leak in Texarkana, Ark., include one case that claims a second person died as a result of the accident and others that seek damages for thousands...
Illinois Company Involved in Lawsuit Against Brooke Buys 44.3% of Stock
Oct 21 2008 // An Illinois company connected to a bank involved in the lawsuit of the parent company of Brooke Corp. has taken control of 44.3 percent of Brooke’s stock. Trim Creek LLC of Crete, Ill., now owns 6.43 million shares...
Survey: U.S. Firms Prepare for Rise in Litigation After Two Years of Declines
Oct 21 2008 // Following two straight years of reporting declines in the number of new lawsuits and regulatory proceedings — including a drop in large-dollar cases — U.S. companies now anticipate an uptick in new actions and...
Texas Supreme Court Revisits Workplace Injury Case
Oct 20 2008 // The Supreme Court of Texas recently held a rare rehearing of a unanimous decision listening to arguments about whether it erred last year in ruling that a contract employee who suffered on-the-job injuries couldn’t...
Blonde Sues Over Brown Dye
Oct 20 2008 // A Connecticut judge has given the brush-off to a blonde woman’s lawsuit claiming L’Oreal Inc. ruined her social life when she accidentally dyed her hair brunette with one of its products. Charlotte Feeney says...
Brooke Corp. Faces Lawsuits by Illinois and New York Banks
Oct 20 2008 // Overland Park, Kansas-based Brooke Corp. faces a lawsuit by a bank seeking $13 million plus interest and costs for breach of contract. The suit was filed the last week in September 2008 in federal court in Illinois by...
