East News N.J. Appeals Court Rules War Exclusion Doesn’t Apply to NotPetya Attack Insurers may not use a war exclusion to deny coverage to Merck & Co. for a 2017 cyberattack blamed on... Read More
WSJ: Hedge Funds Investing in COVID Business-Interruption Claims Multiple hedge funds are making long shot bets on COVID-19 business-interruption claims, despite a long string of losses in state... Read More
2nd Lawsuit Filed Against MMA by Former Business Partners A company that provided hurricane-damage estimates to embattled McClenny Moseley & Associates says in a lawsuit filed Thursday that the... Read More
Southeast News Fla. Courts Say Plaintiffs Can’t Collect Interest for Late Claim Payments Two back-to-back federal court decisions may have dealt a lethal blow to recent proposed class actions that sought interest on... Read More
West News Failure to Improve Health Not Enough to Overcome Presumption A retired police officer who continued to gain weight after his doctors told him to exercise more often and reduce... Read More
CMT: Screen Interactions Show Distracted Driving Growing Worse US motorists are more distracted than ever while driving, interacting with their smartphones or other devices during 58% of trips... Read More
No Coverage Owed for Retaliation Claims Tied to Undisclosed Investigation A federal appellate court on Friday reversed a $2.3 million award to a nursing home owner that sued its insurer,... Read More
East News Conn. Supreme Affirms Ruling that Nixed Troopers’ PTSD Claims Two state troopers who were struck by a car on an interstate exit ramp cannot collect damages for post traumatic... Read More
East News Pa. Supreme: Exclusive Remedy Bars Lawsuit over Dog Bite A customer’s dog bit Lindsay Franczyk while she worked at The Home Depot. Her supervisors wouldn’t let her talk to... Read More
Texas / South Central News Texas Supreme Ct.: Exxon Covered by Contractor’s Excess Insurers Two excess insurers may be liable for the more than $20 million that ExxonMobil Corp. paid to settle lawsuits filed... Read More