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White Mountains Settles Robert Plan Suit Over Confidential Data
Aug 3 2006 // White Mountains Insurance Group and subsidiary OneBeacon Insurance have settled a $185 million lawsuit with the Robert Plan Corp. for an undisclosed amount, a White Mountains Insurance spokesman said. “The entire...
Pinnacle Entertainment Files Lawsuit Against Three Insurers
Aug 3 2006 // Pinnacle Entertainment Inc. announced that, on August 1, 2006, it filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada against three of its excess insurance carriers. The suit relates to the loss incurred by...
Granddaughter of Safeco Founder Sues Former CEO Mike McGavick and Board
Aug 2 2006 // Flanked by legal counsel, Emma Schwartzman, the great, great granddaughter of a Safeco founder, announced the filing of a lawsuit on behalf of Safeco shareholders against former CEO Mike McGavick. The central claim in the...
La. Wants Hurricane Law Suit Extension Issue Settled in State Court
Jul 28 2006 // Louisiana plans to fight attempts by Allstate Corp. to have a federal court determine if new laws giving homeowners two years to file lawsuits against their insurers is legal. Allstate filed a suit July 20 asking U.S....
Lawyers Group Pulls Surfing Contest Sponsorship for Fear of Lawsuits
Jul 28 2006 // The nation’s lawyers are coming to Hawaii, and some of them apparently have no fear of sharks — unless they’re the kind that file lawsuits. About 40 lawyers have signed up so far for the National Lawyers...
Fla. Woman Sues Bacardi, Claims Flaming Rum Dangerous
Jul 28 2006 // Woman sues Bacardi after allegedly burned by flaming rum A woman who was allegedly severely burned by flaming rum during a Bacardi promotion is suing the spirits producer, claiming the product was defective and...
Anti-Abortion Student Group Sues Arizona State University
Jul 26 2006 // \Arizona State University has been sued by an anti-abortion student group which alleges the university discriminated against students trying to voice their opinions on the issue. ASU Students for Life filed the suit in...
Calif. Supreme Court Rules Prop 64 Applies to Pending Cases
Jul 25 2006 // The Civil Justice Association of California (CJAC) in Sacramento applauded the California Supreme Court for applying Proposition 64 to lawsuits that were pending when the initiative overwhelmingly passed in November...
Take the pollution out of the D&O policy
Jul 24 2006 // Is your directors and officers policy polluted? Shareholders and environmental groups are taking a closer look at the environmental disclosures made by public companies. The U.S. General Accounting Office issued a report...
Case Law Watch
Jul 24 2006 // Actions and Proceedings Continental Insurance Co. v. The Pamona Redevelopment Agency (California Court of Appeals, May 15, 2006, Unpublished) Ruling: On this appeal, the excess insurer, Continental, sought to intervene in...
Case Law Watch
Jul 24 2006 // ARBITRATION Allstate Insurance Company v. Great American Insurance Company (Super. Ct. N. J. June 15, 2006) Ruling: Insurance company could contest adverse arbitration finding where plaintiff insurance company improperly...
Take the pollution out of the D&O policy
Jul 24 2006 // Is your directors and officers policy polluted? Shareholders and environmental groups are taking a closer look at the environmental disclosures made by public companies. The U.S. General Accounting Office issued a report...
Case Law Watch
Jul 24 2006 // Actions and Proceedings Continental Insurance Co. v. The Pamona Redevelopment Agency (California Court of Appeals, May 15, 2006, Unpublished) Ruling: On this appeal, the excess insurer, Continental, sought to intervene in...
Case Law Watch
Jul 24 2006 // Arbitration Allstate Insurance Company v. Great American Insurance Company (Super. Ct. N. J. June 15, 2006) Ruling: Insurance company could contest adverse arbitration finding where plaintiff insurance company improperly...
Miss. Judge Has Katrina Insurance Lawsuit Case
Jul 21 2006 // A groundbreaking case that challenges one of the nation’s largest insurers for refusing to cover damage from Hurricane Katrina’s monster storm surge went into the hands of a federal judge on Wednesday. U.S....
Insurers File Lawsuit to Stop Calif. Auto Insurance Regulations
Jul 20 2006 // Three insurance trade groups have filed a lawsuit seeking declaratory and injunctive relief to stop enforcement of California Department of Insurance (CDI) auto rating regulations, which they say are “unfair”...
First Katrina Insurance Trial Set for Closing Arguments
Jul 20 2006 // A federal judge heard closing arguments Wednesday in the first courtroom challenge of the insurance industry’s denial of billions of dollars of homeowners’ claims after Hurricane Katrina. U.S. District Judge...
XM Satellite Seeks to Block Copyright Suit by Record Labels
Jul 19 2006 // XM Satellite Radio has asked a federal judge to throw out a copyright lawsuit by the recording industry over the company’s new iPod-like device that can store up to 50 hours of music. XM Satellite said the 1992 Home...
Same-Sex Couple Cites Loss of Consortium in Conn. Med-Mal Suit
Jul 19 2006 // A same-sex couple has filed a medical malpractice lawsuit that their attorneys say is the first of its kind since Connecticut started allowing gay couples to enter into civil unions. Margaret Mueller and Charlotte Stacey...
Pa. Officials Settle 1995 Defamation Suit Against Newspaper
Jul 17 2006 // Two former West Chester, Pennsylvania city officials have settled a decade-long lawsuit against their local newspaper in a case that spawned a 2004 Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruling that news media said eroded free press...
