Missouri House Backs Legal Shield for Weedkiller Maker Facing Cancer Lawsuits April 26, 2024 By David A. Lieb JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — The manufacturer of a popular weedkiller won support Wednesday from the Missouri House for a...
Internet Firms Must Face Defective Product Liability Suit Over Buffalo Mass Shooting March 20, 2024 By Andrew G. Simpson A New York state judge has allowed a case seeking to hold social media companies liable in the tragic mass...
Protecting Manufacturing Clients as Products Evolve May 29, 2021 By Mina S. Rona, vice president and chief underwriting officer, technology and life sciences at The Hanover Insurance Group, Inc. This post is part of a series sponsored by The Hanover Insurance Group. As these and other companies expand the...
Beazley Expands Life Sciences Insurance Offering in UK September 28, 2020 Specialist insurer Beazley has enhanced its life sciences insurance offering in the UK with the launch of a new policy...
Black Farmers Sue to Force Roundup Weedkiller Ban or Product Warnings August 28, 2020 By Tom Polansek A group of Black U.S. farmers filed a federal lawsuit on Wednesday, seeking to force Bayer AG to either stop...
Roundup Weed Killer, Not Hepatitis, Caused Plaintiff’s Cancer, Argues Lawyer March 13, 2019 By Joel Rosenblatt A lawyer representing a man who claims Bayer AG’s Roundup weed killer caused his cancer urged jurors to imagine the...
Judge to Decide on Evidence to Allow in Monsanto Product Liability Litigation March 14, 2018 By Joel Rosenblatt Picture Iowa farmers bathing in Roundup weed killer. That was a federal judge’s takeaway after seeing slides that “sort of...
Judge Nixes $150M Damages Against Testosterone Drugmaker AbbVie December 27, 2017 By Nate Raymond A U.S. judge on Friday overturned a $150 million verdict against AbbVie Inc. that was the first to result from...
BHSI Launches Casualty Platform; Leeks Named Head of Casualty, UK & S. Europe May 16, 2017 Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) is introducing public and products liability insurance in the UK, Ireland and Southern Europe, and...
General Star Expands Products Liability Appetite to 50 New Classes of Business July 25, 2016 General Star Management Co. has added 50 classes for products liability offered by the Delegated Division, Contract P&C Unit. In...