News After Refusing $30K Settlement Offer, Bad Faith Suit May Cost GEICO $2.7M More than eight years after Bonnie Winslett tore up and threw away a summons that notified her she was being... Read More
News Plaintiffs Win One and Lose One in COVID-19 Business-Interruption Legal Fight A federal judge in Florida last week denied an insurer’s petition to dismiss a COVID-19 business-interruption lawsuit, while a federal... Read More
News Structured Settlement Swindler With Kennedy Ties Sentenced to Prison A well-connected Virginia financial advisor was sentenced to five years and 10 months in prison for embezzling approximately $8 million... Read More
News Study Shows Monitoring Plus Coaching Can Cut Risky Driving in Half Oil-field workers who bomb around in pickups across hundreds of miles of countryside every work week cut speeding and hard... Read More
News Liability Claims Against Nurses Cost $20K Even When Insurer Wins Liability claims that involve nurses cost an average of $210,513 if a large indemnity payment is made, but even claims... Read More
East News N.J. Judge Clears Path for COVID-19 Business-Interruption Suit A second judge has ruled that a policyholder’s COVID-19 business-interruption claim should proceed, marking an uncommon procedural win for business... Read More
Texas / South Central News 5th Circuit Reasserts That Bad Faith Not Necessary to Win Interest Penalty Against Texas Insurers A Houston plaintiff’s attorney defeated State Farm Lloyd’s for the fourth time on the same issue, this time coming away... Read More
News Moody’s Says Wildfire Losses May Hit $8B in a Year Marked by Catastrophes Moody’s Investor Service said Wednesday that wildfires in the U.S. West have caused $5 billion to $8 billion in insured... Read More
News Appellate Court Revives Medicare Secondary Payer Act Suits by Collection Agents A federal appellate panel’s ruling opens the floodgates for hundreds of lawsuits filed by collection agents that are seeking billions... Read More
News Stolen Impressionist Classic Turns Up at Museum Exhibit A painting by American artist Robert Spencer, missing since 1995, was recovered after a Pennsylvania art museum included it in... Read More