A Connecticut independent adjusting firm dodged a $1 million bullet last week when the state Supreme Court ruled that a three-year statute of limitations applied to a negligence claim filed against it. In a preliminary decision released Tuesday, the Supreme …
Lawyers for a British tourist who claims he was badly hurt taking part in an illusion by Las Vegas Strip headliner David Copperfield told a judge on Wednesday that they’ve found three other people who were injured in Copperfield shows …
Every once in a while, a court teaches us by judicial decision an entire chapter of insurance law lessons we can carry with us, secure in the knowledge that we can reason our way to the right result in insurance …
A Dayton, Ohio, strip club can’t be held liable for injuries resulting from a drunk dancer’s 2010 crash, according to a Supreme Court ruling last week. Nichole Johnson was injured while a passenger in a car that was hit by …
Veteran comedian George Wallace told a Nevada jury on Friday that it felt like a bear trap clamped his leg when he injured his Achilles tendon during a stand-up comedy show for a private audience at a resort on the …
A Wisconsin appeals court says a case brought on behalf of a worker who died as a result of asbestos exposure was wrongly dismissed. The 1st District Court of Appeals on Friday ordered a trial in the case, saying the …
New York’s highest court has agreed to let a man sue a drug testing company for what he claims was a false positive test for marijuana that cost him a promised job, prospective marriage and months of anguish when he …
A Wisconsin appeals court says a former patient involved in a business dispute with his psychiatrist can pursue claims that the doctor acted negligently. Mark Carstensen was treated by Dr. Daniel Goeckner for psychological issues from 1999 to 2003. The …
The family of a man who died along with his wife and son in a traffic accident is suing the driver of the other vehicle in the accident. Mary Robinson of Holts Summit, Mo., is suing 19-year-old Emily Frakes of …