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
Southeast News Clear Intent to Exclude Named Storms Not Enough to Deny Coverage In 2015, the Shilo Christian Center in Melbourne, Florida cut its property insurance premiums in half by asking its insurer... Read More
Federal Law Preempts Stolen Cargo Claim Against Transportation Broker Landstar Ranger, a transportation broker, sent a truck driver who called himself “James” to pick up cargo in Colorado for... Read More
Midwest News Iowa: Husband Eligible for Work Comp Death Benefits Despite Separation The husband of a deceased worker is not ineligible for workers’ compensation death benefits merely because he no longer lived... Read More