News How to Handle Insurance Claims Tied to Marijuana Michael Johnston, the great, great grandson of the founder of one of the first Baptist churches in Texas, grew up... Read More
West News Nevada Seeks Dismissal of Most of Homeowners’ Wildfire Negligence Suit Nevada’s chief legal adviser wants a judge to dismiss all but a narrow piece of a series of lawsuits accusing... Read More
News Congress Nixes Obama Workplace Injury Reporting Rule The U.S. Senate (50-48) joined the House (231-191) in passing a resolution blocking a federal workplace injury and accident reporting... Read More
Southeast News Florida High Court Rules Attorney Fee Schedule Unconstitutional; Passes on Other Key Workers’ Comp Case The Florida Supreme Court has ruled that the state’s mandatory attorneys’ fee schedule for workers’ compensation cases is unconstitutional under... Read More
News Federal Court Rules CGL Insurance Covers Data Breach A federal appeals court in Virginia has upheld a lower federal court in ruling that a commercial general liability policy... Read More
News Axis Insurance Denies Coverage for Tony Stewart in Ward Race Car Death Axis Insurance says the lawsuit brought against racing star Tony Stewart, whose car struck and killed another racer during a... Read More
News BP Agrees to $18.7B Oil Spill Settlement with Government, Gulf States BP Plc has agreed to a preliminary deal in which it will pay a record $18.7 billion to settle claims... Read More
News Workers’ Compensation Results Improved in 2014 But Industry Anxious About What’s Ahead The workers’ compensation industry had a pretty good 2014 in which its combined ratio improved for the third consecutive year,... Read More
Southeast News Georgia Court Rejects Bad Faith Claim Citing Insurer’s Lack of Consent to Settlement The Georgia Supreme Court denied an insured’s bad faith claim against its insurer for its refusal to pay a settlement... Read More
News Exclusive: Haldeman, Son of Watergate, Remembers His Father and President Nixon H.R. “Bob” Haldeman bears some responsibility for the Watergate scandal but he was innocent of the criminal charges brought against... Read More