West News Insurers Relieved After Calif. Court Clarifies Small Claims Appeal Rules Defense attorneys hope a published opinion issued last week by a California appellate court will curb a tactic used by... Read More
West News Plaintiff Must Prove Use of Mitchell Program Violated Collateral Source Rule For the second time in a year, a federal judge rejected a plaintiff’s attorney’s argument that an insurance carrier acted... Read More
Southeast News Judge Finds Ransomware Damage to Computer a ‘Direct Physical Loss’ State Auto Property and Casualty Insurance Co. is liable for the cost of replacing a computer server that was damaged... Read More
East News Court: Insurer Cannot Refuse Payment for Pain Cream Without Utilization Review An insurer cannot ignore a $4,869.99 bill for a tube of compounded pain cream on the grounds that the medication... Read More
Southeast News Judge Refuses to Dismiss Lawsuit Against Firm Fingered in 3 Boat Fires Three times in the past four years, a small boat accessory company has had to defend itself against claims that... Read More
News New Telematics Product Gives Adjusters Head Start on Crash Reports The company that helped make driver safety monitoring ubiquitous among auto insurers is now offering a product that can write... Read More
West News 9th Circuit Affirms Jury’s $54M Award in Suit Against Walmart A federal appellate court on Monday upheld a district court judgment that requires Walmart to pay $54.6 million in damages... Read More
Midwest News Court Finds Collapsed Cave Not a Covered ‘Building’ Under Policy Interstate Underground Warehouse & Storage operates more than 3 million square feet of storage space inside a cave that was... Read More
West News 10th Circuit: Missing Fence Didn’t Void Builders’ Risk Policy An insurance policy purchased by Axia Contracting from Praetorian Insurance Co. required a six-foot chain link fence to completely surround... Read More
News Police, Victims Warn Against Firing Guns on New Year’s Eve Kaitlyn Kong thought she had been punched hard in the abdomen as she stood among thousands of people in downtown... Read More