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All the headlines from our Lawsuits Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Ohio Court Strikes Progressive Class Action Suit
Feb 3 2003 // A Jan. 23 Ohio appeals court decision to protect Progressive Corp. against a national class action suit averted “significant cost increases” in auto insurance premiums, according to Ohio Insurance Director Ann...
Silverstein Registers Second Litigation Triumph in One Day
Jan 29 2003 // Silverstein Properties Inc. reported Wednesday that the district judge presiding over its dispute with the insurers of the Twin Towers had granted its motion to compel Swiss Re and Allianz to produce notes of meetings held...
Caliber Files Lawsuit Over State Regulators
Jan 24 2003 // In a lawsuit filed in the Los Angeles Superior Court recently, Irvine-based Caliber Collision Centers asked the court to compel the Bureau of Automotive Repair to stop engaging in a regulatory practice that is...
Zurich NA Gives Details on WTC Lawsuits
Jan 23 2003 // Zurich American Insurance Company (ZAIC) has given additional details, and clarified the company’s position, on the recently filed lawsuit against Larry Silverstein and other entities in a dispute related to the...
AAI Outlines 2003 Federal, State Priorities at NPC
Jan 15 2003 // Alliance of American Insurers President Rodger Lawson outlined the association’s priorities for 2003 at a recent press briefing held at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. Among the group’s top...
C.H. Robinson Settles Wrongful Death Lawsuit
Jan 6 2003 // Minneapolis-based C.H. Robinson Worldwide Inc., a provider of transportation services and shipping logistics, indicated that it has settled one of three pending wrongful death lawsuits, resulting from a multi vehicle...
Report Japanese Insurer Files Suit against Fortress Re and Accountants
Dec 30 2002 // Japan’s Aioi Insurance Co. has filed a lawsuit in North Carolina against Fortress Re and its accounting firm, Deloitte & Touche LLP, alleging improper acts by the privately owned reinsurer’s directors and...
Class Action Settlements Need Finality, AIA Urges High Court
Dec 23 2002 // The American Insurance Association (AIA) today urged the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn a lower court ruling that would allow settlements of class action lawsuits to be challenged even after appeals courts upheld the...
Pa. Supreme Court: Workers’ Comp Payments Recoupable from Malpractice Suit Proceeds
Dec 19 2002 // The Pennsylvania Supreme Court issued a ruling stating that insurers can recoup workers’ compensation payments from malpractice suit proceeds made to injured employees who sue their lawyers for mishandling their...
21st Century Files Suit Relating to Fraudulent Claims
Dec 18 2002 // In response to a flood of insurance fraud relating to homeowners and earthquake insurance, 21st Century Insurance has filed a civil complaint against California-based Unlimited Adjusting Company and its principal Jung Ho...
Grabbing the Headlines in 2002
Dec 16 2002 // Who made the most “news” as opposed to the most “noise” in 2002? There were lots of candidates, but the ones we’ve selected usually made news because they faced problems or took initiatives...
Grabbing the Headlines in 2002
Dec 16 2002 // Who made the most “news” as opposed to the most “noise” in 2002? There were lots of candidates, but the ones we’ve selected usually made news because they faced problems or took initiatives...
They Did It Their Way
Dec 16 2002 // When you’re compiling a list of top 10’s, there is always the fear of leaving someone off, admitting someone who maybe does not deserve the billing or having the players out of order of importance. Believe me,...
New Report Shows Asbestos Litigation Crisis Hurting Workers
Dec 16 2002 // The asbestos litigation crisis has cost the American economy tens of thousands of jobs and has reduced pension wealth for employees at bankrupt firms by an average of 25 percent, according to an American Insurance...
Alleged N. Y. Fraud Ring Sued by The Hartford
Dec 13 2002 // The Hartford filed suit against seven New York State residents and eleven New York businesses for their role in an alleged scheme to fraudulently purchase insurance coverage and avoid paying hundreds of thousands of...
Lawsuits Aim to Block Farmers Settlement
Dec 13 2002 // Policyholders unhappy with the settlement worked out between Farmers Insurance Group and the state of Texas filed lawsuits seeking to block the $100 million settlement that was reached on Nov. 30. According to the...
Farmers, Mid-Century Ins. Co. Sue Calif. Body Shops for Fraud
Dec 11 2002 // Farmers Insurance Exchange and Mid-Century Insurance Company have begun serving civil summons and complaints upon an Oakland, Calif. body shop and a Ventura County, Calif. body shop, their owners, former Farmers employees...
AIA Pleased by Formation of New NAIC Working Group on Class Action
Dec 11 2002 // Arkansas Insurance Commissioner Mike Pickens, newly elected president of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC), reported during a meeting of the Consumer Protection Working Group that the NAIC will...
Litigation, Mandates Add to Largest Jump of Health Benefit Costs Since 1990
Dec 10 2002 // A new report by Mercer Human Resources Consulting shows that the cost of health benefits rose almost 15 percent in 2002 – the largest one-year rise since 1990. “This is a leadership opportunity for the incoming...
Cutter & Buck Announces D&O Insurer’s Rescission Notice
Dec 10 2002 // Seattle-based Cutter & Buck Inc. announced that the Company has received notice that its primary directors’ and officers’ liability insurance carrier is attempting to rescind the Company’s...
