Sovereign Immunity No Defense in $3B Tenn. Coal-Ash Lawsuit, 6th Circuit Rules May 23, 2022 By Jim Sams Sovereign immunity does not protect a federal contractor against a lawsuit filed by some 60 former employees seeking $3 billion...
Insurers Too Late for Subrogation in Auto Parts Price-Fixing Case, Court Rules May 20, 2022 By Jim Sams Insurers waited too long to intervene in anti-trust litigation that brought settlements requiring dozens of auto parts manufacturers to pay...
11th Circuit: Safeco Doesn’t Owe in Subro Claim by Agency’s E&O Carrier May 18, 2022 By Jim Sams A federal appellate court threw out a Florida jury verdict that would have required a Liberty Mutual unit to pay...
Kansas Court: More Fact-Finding Required in Air Ambulance Case May 17, 2022 By Jim Sams Federal law may prohibit states from regulating prices charged to insurers by air ambulance providers, but that doesn’t absolve the...
FEMA Contractors Not Liable for Misrepresentations About Flood Risk May 16, 2022 By Jim Sams The North Fork of the White River in southern Missouri is a nationally known fly-fishing destination, teeming with brown and...
FEMA Contractors Not Liable for Misrepresentations About Flood Risk May 3, 2022 By Jim Sams The North Fork of the White River in southern Missouri is a nationally known fly-fishing destination, teeming with brown and...
TPA’s Quick Denials of First Responders’ Workers’ Comp Claims Draw Penalty April 29, 2022 By Jim Sams A workers’ compensation insurer must pay $100,000 under an agreement with Vermont state regulators because its claims administrator gave short...
Iowa Court Finds No Coverage for COVID Income Loss in 2 Decisions April 26, 2022 By Jim Sams The Iowa Supreme Court last week ruled in two separate decisions that COVID-19 did not cause a physical loss or...
Federal Court in Delaware Requiring Disclosure of Litigation Funding Agreements April 22, 2022 By Jim Sams Insurers are applauding a decision by the chief judge for the U.S. District Court in Delaware to require parties to...
‘Deceptive’ Denial, Conflicting Policy Wording Costs Philadelphia Indemnity in Court April 21, 2022 By Jim Sams The insurer first said it would pay to repair a breezeway at a student housing complex that partially collapsed during...