Best Read Liability Headlines
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#1 Uber Avoids Liability for Driver’s Assault on Passenger
Feb 6 2025 // Uber Technologies “is not an insurer” and so when one of its drivers assaults a rider, the ride-hailing company is “not automatically liable,” a federal judge in Philadelphia wrote in dismissing...
#2 College Team Physicians Wary of Greater Liability Risk With Athletes Making Money
Jun 25 2025 // The professionalization of college sports has prompted concern among team physicians that they will be exposed to a greater risk of being sued by athletes who claim a poor outcome from treatment caused them to lose future...
#3 Ship Owner in Baltimore Bridge Collapse Blames Maryland, Others in Liability Case
Oct 31 2024 // As a sprawling liability case takes shape following the deadly collapse of Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge in March, the owner and manager of the container ship Dali are seeking to deflect responsibility and...
#4 Gunmaker Sig Sauer Asks For and Gets Liability Protection in New Hampshire
Jun 23 2025 // Faced with mounting lawsuits over a popular pistol, New Hampshire-based Sig Sauer asked for — and got — protection in the form of a new state law that makes it harder to take the gunmaker to court. Supporters in the...
#5 Construction Defects Are Not Covered Property Damage in Commercial Liability Policy
Aug 16 2024 // A home builder is not covered under the property damage coverage in its commercial liability policy for construction defects for which it was responsible. A three-judge panel of the Massachusetts Appeals Court has held for...
#6 Failure to Produce Proof of Purchase Dooms Insurer’s Product Liability Case
Dec 6 2024 // A federal court in Pennsylvania recently affirmed that plaintiffs seeking to hold a seller or distributor liable for a faulty product must provide clear evidence of where they purchased their product. In a homeowners...
#7 Court: 911 Not Part of Emergency Services, Barring Dispatcher Liability Coverage
Apr 10 2025 // A 911 dispatch center is not necessarily part of a county’s emergency services department and is not covered by a secondary liability insurance policy, a federal appeals court found this week in a decision that will...
#8 Youth Sports Liability Market in ‘Armageddon Mode’
Aug 5 2024 // Beset with massive rate increases, dramatic rejections of coverage, and severely dwindling market capacity, the current youth sports liability market is historically challenging, according to insurance professionals with...
#9 SC House Approves Liquor Liability Bill But Broader Tort Reform May Be Dead
Mar 7 2025 // The South Carolina House of Representatives voted 109-0 Thursday in favor of a bill that would end joint-and-several liability for bars and restaurants and would incentivize additional alcohol-server training, an effort to...
#10 US Appeals Court Takes Aim at Big Tech Liability Shield
Aug 29 2024 // A US appeals court has struck down a long-standing argument from social media platforms: that a federal law grants them blanket immunity from being held accountable for user harms – even the wrongful death of...
#11 Vermont Takes Over Medical Liability Insurer CARE RRG Facing $35.4M Judgment
Apr 28 2025 // A Vermont Superior Court has approved a state takeover and rehabilitation plan for a medical professional liability insurer for 1,300 physicians that the state says is in hazardous financial condition as a result of a...
#12 South Carolina Lawmakers Reach Agreement on Liquor Liability Relief Bill
May 7 2025 // With just two days left in South Carolina’s 2025 legislative session, House and Senate negotiators appear to have reached a compromise on a plan to ease liquor liability costs for struggling bars and...
#13 Illinois Legislature Clarifies Damages Under BIPA to Avoid ‘Annihilative Liability’
Jul 26 2024 // A bill (SB2979) amending Illinois’ Biometric Information and Privacy Act (“BIPA”), passed by both houses of the legislature on May 16 and now on Governor J.B. Pritzker’s desk, effectively overturns...
#14 SC Bill Moves to House, Would Lower Liquor Liability Coverage, End Joint-and-Several
Apr 1 2025 // The fate of a bill that would modify South Carolina’s joint-and-several liability law now rests with the state House of Representatives after the state Senate last week approved the measure following weeks of heated...
#15 Allianz Offers 5 Loss Trends to Watch on the Liability Front
Nov 21 2024 // As the costs of nuclear and thermonuclear verdicts explode in the U.S., organizations are examining ways to predict, prevent and avoid the liabilities that light the fuse on multi-million-dollar court cases. Areas critical...
#16 New York High Court Unleashes Expanded Liability for Pet Owners
Apr 28 2025 // Dog and other pet owners and insurers in New York are now exposed to increased risk of liability in the wake of a Court of Appeals ruling that allows an injured party to bring an ordinary negligence claim against a...
#17 Managing Management Liability Risk in Today’s Market
Sep 2 2024 // The management liability insurance segment has attracted a lot of new capacity in the last few years, and the increased competition has pushed rates down significantly. But the segment faces growing risks from regulatory...
#18 Scientists Tally Oil Majors’ Climate Damage With Eye to Legal Liability
May 1 2025 // Over the last decade, scientists have rapidly developed the field of climate attribution research, teasing out the role played by global warming in individual natural disasters. Meanwhile, their ways of tracking a single...
#19 PFAS Liability for Water District Remediation Costs Estimated Up to $175B
Aug 1 2024 // Economic liability associated with the remediation of perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in U.S. water districts is estimated to be between $120 billion and $175 billion, according to global consulting...
#20 New Auto Liability Minimums Take Effect This Year in North Carolina
Jan 15 2025 // This year, the minimum automobile liability coverage requirements in North Carolina will jump to 50/100/50, among the highest minimums in the country. The change is the result of Senate Bill 452, approved in 2023 and which...
