New Hampshire High Court Rejects Cat Urine Analogy in Overturning Hotels’ COVID Insurance Win May 15, 2023 By Andrew G. Simpson The New Hampshire Supreme Court has overturned a trial court that had found for a group of 23 hotels claiming...
Philip Morris Must Pay $37M to Cancer Victim, Massachusetts High Court Rules May 10, 2023 By Andrew G. Simpson Tobacco company Philip Morris USA must pay $37 million to a Massachusetts woman who developed cancer from smoking Marlboro Lights...
Towers Watson Hits Bump in Road to $80M Insurance for D&O Claims Over Willis Merger May 10, 2023 By Andrew G. Simpson A judicial panel of the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled insurance broker Towers Watson may not be entitled...
Shipping Company to Pay $2.25M for Environmental Law Violations May 8, 2023 By Andrew G. Simpson A Greek shipping company has pleaded guilty and agreed to pay $2.25 million for violations of environmental laws that were...
One Worker Missing After Explosion at Massachusetts Chemical Plant May 4, 2023 By Andrew G. Simpson One worker is missing and the building is severely damaged after an early morning explosion at a pharmaceutical chemical plant...
New Jersey Appeals Court Affirms War Exclusion Does Not Apply to Cyber Attack May 2, 2023 By Andrew G. Simpson The appellate division of New Jersey Superior Court has upheld a state trial court opinion that the war exclusion in...
Court Upholds Denial of Widow’s COVID-19 Workers’ Compensation Death Claim May 2, 2023 By Andrew G. Simpson The widow of a man who died from COVID-19 has been denied workers’ compensation benefits because she failed to prove...
Court Reinstates Criminal Charges Against Veterans’ Home Officials Over COVID Policies May 1, 2023 By Andrew G. Simpson Massachusetts’ highest court overruled a lower court judge Thursday and reinstated criminal neglect charges against two top former officials at...
Virginia School: Workers’ Comp Bars $40M Suit by Teacher Shot by 6-Year Old April 27, 2023 By Andrew G. Simpson The Newport News public school board says the $40 million lawsuit filed against it by the teacher who was shot...
Pennsylvania High Court Addresses When Stacked Coverage Waiver Is Not Needed April 27, 2023 By Andrew G. Simpson The removal of a vehicle from a multiple motor vehicle insurance policy, in which stacked coverage had previously been waived,...