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Mississippi Insurance Commissioner George Dale Serving Eighth Term
Dec 5 2005 // In public and in an interview with Insurance Journal, Misissippi Insurance Commis-sioner George Dale comes across as a laid-back Mississippi farm-boy, but the commissioner, who has been reelected for eight terms, has...
Court Watch
Dec 5 2005 // For all you lawsuit junkies out there (does it take one to know one?), a Gulf Coast-based law firm has set up a Web log, or blog, that monitors lawsuits filed in relation to the hurricanes that hit Alabama, Louisiana,...
SUIT FILED OVER EXCESS FLOOD COVERAGE
Dec 5 2005 // A pair of plastic surgeons in New Orleans, La., who are facing more than $1 million in uninsured home losses from Hurricane Katrina, are suing State Farm Insurance, claiming the company did not tell them they could have...
Eight Key Litigation Trends
Dec 5 2005 // Following are key findings in the 2005 Fulbright and Jaworski 2005 Litigation Trends Survey. 1) Litigation Dockets –Eighty-seven percent of American companies are engaged in some form of litigation in the United...
Corporate Litigation Costs More than Winning, Study Says
Dec 5 2005 // Litigation has become the great equalizer of the modern corporation. Regardless of size, industry or location, there are a sizeable number of disputes diverting the resources of businesses. Nearly 90 percent of U.S....
Case Law Watch
Dec 5 2005 // Montana House Bill 631 (Signed into law on April 8, 2005) Regulation: This law relates to the revision of surplus lines insurance law and provides that a policy may not be placed with an unauthorized insurer unless the...
Lawsuit Claims Disability Insurer Sought to Avoid Paying Claims
Dec 5 2005 // UnumProvident Corp., the nation’s largest disability insurer, has systematically sought ways to avoid paying claims to millions of California customers, a lawsuit claims. The lawsuit filed in Superior Court by...
Mississippi Insurance Commissioner George Dale Serving Eighth Term; Hurricane Katrina Wasn’t Much, Compared to the After
Dec 4 2005 // In public and in an interview with Insurance Journal, Misissippi Insurance Commis-sioner George Dale comes across as a laid-back Mississippi farm-boy, but the commissioner, who has been reelected for eight terms, has...
Editor’s Note: Court Watch
Dec 4 2005 // For all you lawsuit junkies out there (does it take one to know one?), a Gulf Coast-based law firm has set up a Web log, or blog, that monitors lawsuits filed in relation to the hurricanes that hit Alabama, Louisiana,...
ERISA
Dec 4 2005 // This recurring feature examines insurance coverage decisions in the Midwest’s appellate courts as compiled by the New York-based law firm of Goldberg Segalla LLA and edited by insurance lawyer Kevin T. Merriman...
Labor Unions File Suit Against Missouri Workers’ Comp Law
Dec 1 2005 // More than 70 labor groups filed suit this week challenging the constitutionality of Missouri’s new workers’ compensation law, claiming it tilts toward employers so dramatically as to breach a social contract...
Supreme Court Sides With Va. Landlord Over Renters in Toxic Mold Lawsuit
Dec 1 2005 // The U.S. Supreme Court ruled this week against Virginia renters who claimed they were sickened by toxic mold in their apartment building, in a decision that clarifies where personal injury cases should be heard. The issue...
Ohio’s Gay Marriage Ban Inviting Lawsuits Over Pre-Existing Contracts
Nov 28 2005 // A year ago, the attorney who wrote Ohio’s ban on civil unions said it wouldn’t affect the few public universities already offering health insurance to employees’ same-sex partners. Now he’s suing to...
Md. Hospital Sued by Kin of Postal Worker Exposed to Anthrax; Hospital Sues Feds
Nov 23 2005 // The widow of a Clinton, Md. postal worker who died after being exposed to anthrax in 2001 is suing the hospital that treated him, claiming it ignored signs that he suffered from the effects of the deadly spores until it...
MOBILE HOME LAWSUIT DISMISSED
Nov 21 2005 // The Arkansas Court of Appeals dismissed a lawsuit filed by Nationwide Mutu-al Fire Insurance Co. over payment of a claim after a mobile home caught fire in Beebe, Ark. The Associated Press reported that Nationwide claimed...
Case Law Watch
Nov 21 2005 // Eaton v. Continental Casualty Co. (California Court of Appeals, 2nd District, Sept. 15, 2005) Ruling: The court held that the insured’s suit against an excess insurer was not barred by the four-year statute of...
Suit Filed in New Orleans Over Excess Flood Coverage
Nov 18 2005 // A pair of plastic surgeons in New Orleans, La., who are facing more than $1 million in uninsured home losses from Hurricane Katrina, are suing State Farm Insurance, claiming the company did not tell them they could have...
Supco: Injured Worker Can’t Sue Company for Turning Him In
Nov 17 2005 // The Montana Supreme Court rebuffed an attempt by man who received a nearly $2 million workers compensation claim to sue his former employer, who he believed turned him in for fraud in a related case. The Conoco refinery in...
Federal Court Dismisses Remaining Claims in Safelite Suit
Nov 17 2005 // A federal court judge dismissed the final three claims yesterday in an Independent Glass Association (IGA)-backed lawsuit against Safelite Group, Inc., parent company of Safelite Solutions LLC and Safelite Fulfillment,...
Lawsuit Filed in N.Y. Against Operator of Lake George Cruise Ship
Nov 15 2005 // The sons of an elderly Michigan woman who drowned when the Ethan Allen cruise ship capsized last month in Lake George have filed a lawsuit against the boat’s operator. The children of 89-year-old Viola Urbaniak are...
