Prime Insurance Avoids $60M Judgment in Liposuction Death Case in Georgia February 12, 2024 By William Rabb Prime Insurance Co. is not liable for $60 million in damages after two patients died following liposuction at a Georgia...
Family Pushes Back After ‘Blind Side’ NFL Player’s Lawsuit Over Conservatorship August 16, 2023 NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Michael Oher, the former NFL tackle known for being the inspiration for the movie “The Blind...
No, a Purchase Order Is Not Like Insurance, State High Court Says in Reversal January 23, 2023 By Andrew G. Simpson A grocery chain is entitled to recoup costs it incurred defending an automatic door installer against negligence claims brought against...
Farm Bureau Must Defend Insured in Deadly Legionnaires’ Disease Outbreak in Carolina October 19, 2022 By William Rabb What started out as festive time at the North Carolina Mountain State Fair in 2019 ended with 96 people hospitalized...
Sunoco Subsidiary Sues AIG’s National Union Over Climate Change Lawsuit Coverage August 17, 2022 By Chad Hemenway Sunoco subsidiary Aloha Petroleum has filed a federal lawsuit in Hawaii against AIG’s National Union Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburgh,...
Insurer Need Not Defend Drug Chain in Opioid Suits Claiming Economic, Not Personal, Injury January 11, 2022 By Andrew G. Simpson In the latest turn in litigation over the opioid crisis, a state’s high court has found an insurer does not...
N.Y. Court Takes Contrary Position on Insurers’ Right to Recoup Defense Costs January 21, 2021 By Eric Stern and Andrew Lipkowitz It has long been understood that under New York law, an insurance company may recoup defense costs paid on behalf...
Ruling Allows Hawaii Dam Break Lawsuits Against Insurers To Advance August 12, 2013 A state appeals court ruling has cleared the way for stalled lawsuits involving a deadly 2006 Kauai dam breach to...
Fifth Circuit Affirms ‘Eight-Corners’ Rule and Duty to Defend August 10, 2012 By Vincent E. Morgan Because the duty to defend is one of the most important aspects of liability policies such as Commercial General Liability...
Insurers Win First Round of Climate Change Coverage Litigation November 29, 2011 By Robert Redfearn, Jr. In light of the economic turmoil currently engulfing the United States and Europe, the Republican sweep in the 2010 midterm...