U.S. tort costs reached a record $260 billion in 2004, or approximately $886 per person, according to the U.S. Tort...
Currents
A coalition of parents and safety groups, including the American Academy of Pediatrics, are counting on common sense and technology,...
Idaho is considering a law that would increase the monetary threshold for an automatic award of attorney’s fees from $25,000...
Pennsylvania Governor Edward G. Rendell recently vetoed legislation designed to scale back the obligation of defendants to pay damage awards...
A Mississippi lawsuit that would force insurance companies to honor their policies and pay for damage caused by storm surge...
The northeast U.S. coast is “long overdue” and could be the target of a serious hurricane, perhaps as early as...
Washington’s legislature wrapped up a short session in March, addressing its budgets and tackling “many controversial issues,” including Columbia River...
The decision by the three major consumer credit reporting agencies to create a more uniform credit scoring system is not...
Risk Management Solutions, Newark, Calif., expects increases in hurricane landfall frequencies will increase modeled annualized insurance losses by 40 percent...
Hurricane Katrina lawsuits are multiplying and it’s not just insurance companies that are defendants. Oil companies, mortgage brokers, a shipping...