News Court Tosses $223.8 Million Verdict Against J&J in Talc Cancer Case An injured worker who collects workers’ compensation in Rhode Island cannot sue his employer in Massachusetts, according to a ruling... Read More
East News Insurance Broker in Menendez Case Allegedly Got Senator’s Help With Fraud Charge The defendants in the corruption case involving U.S. Senator Robert Menendez include a former New Jersey insurance broker who was... Read More
East News Judge Orders Camden Diocese to Rework Bankruptcy Plan After Insurers’ Complaints The Catholic Diocese of Camden, New Jersey must rework its bankruptcy plan to better protect insurers from invalid and inflated... Read More
East News Editor's Picks Appeals Court Blasts Insurer’s Conduct in Denying Claim Over Insured’s Conduct Philadelphia Indemnity Insurance Co. is not entitled to the summary judgment it was granted by a federal district court in... Read More
Texas / South Central News Fifth Circuit Nixes Its Own ‘Flawed’ Limit on Title VII Employee Discrimination Claims A federal appeals court has discarded its own long-time precedent and expanded the scope of discrimination claims that employees can... Read More
News Use of Shell Companies in Construction to Evade Taxes, Workers’ Comp On the Rise The workers’ compensation industry and state and federal tax authorities are losing hundreds of millions of dollars every year from... Read More
West News San Francisco Archdiocese Files for Bankruptcy Citing 500 Sex Abuse Claims The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Francisco has filed a voluntary petition for bankruptcy relief under Chapter 11 of the... Read More
East News Landlord Not Liable for Murder at Nightclub, Mass. Supreme Court Says A commercial landlord is not liable for a “targeted, execution-style shooting” that took place on her property as it was... Read More
East News New Jersey Supreme Court Backs Catholic School in Firing of Unwed, Pregnant Teacher The New Jersey Supreme Court has ruled in favor of a Roman Catholic school that fired a teacher who became... Read More
East News Md. Court Cites ‘Fundamental Fairness’ in Award of Insurance Payout to Mortgage Lender The estate of a Maryland man who, along with one of his children, was killed in a fire in his... Read More