Law Firm: Workplace Class Action Settlement Costs Reached Record $3.6B in 2021 January 12, 2022 The cost of settling workplace class-action lawsuits reached a record high in 2021, defying expectations that the COVID-19 pandemic would... Read More
California Court Rejects Motiva Insurance Claim Stemming From 2017 Refinery Fire January 11, 2022 A California state appeals court on Monday denied Motiva Enterprises’ request for insurance coverage for a settlement with workers injured... Read More
East News Families of Crew From Sunken Fishing Vessel Get Nearly $1M January 11, 2022 PORTLAND, Maine (AP)–A judge has awarded nearly $1 million in damages to the families of four fishermen who died when... Read More
Hurricane Ida, Europe Floods Made 2021 Costly For Disasters January 11, 2022 BERLIN (AP)–Damage wrought by Hurricane Ida in the U.S. state of Louisiana and the flash floods that hit Europe last... Read More
International News UK Developers Told They Must Foot Bill For Unsafe Cladding January 11, 2022 LONDON (AP)–The British government on Monday told property developers they must bear the cost of removing dangerous cladding that has... Read More
Southeast News Judge to Consider Lowering $7M Bond For Alex Murdaugh January 11, 2022 COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP)–Prominent South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh was scheduled for a virtual hearing Monday as a judge could consider... Read More
East News Several With Grave Injuries After NYC Fire That Killed 19 January 11, 2022 NEW YORK (AP) –Doctors worked Monday to save the lives of multiple people gravely injured when smoke from a fire... Read More
Midwest News Broker, Pastor to Spend 15 Weekends in Jail For Insurance Fraud January 11, 2022 A Nebraska insurance agent and church pastor will spend 15 weekends in jail and pay $63,443.77 in restitution for filing... Read More
Southeast News Insurers Win 1 Bad Faith Case, Lose Another Before Fla. Appellate Courts January 11, 2022 Remember George Costanza’s trick in “Seinfeld,” the 1990s TV sitcom? When he couldn’t (or didn’t want to) pay his rent... Read More
Editor's Picks Delaware Supreme: Insurers Have No Duty to Defend Rite Aid Against Opioid Lawsuits January 11, 2022 Chubb Ltd. has no duty to defend Rite Aid Corp. against lawsuits filed by two Ohio counties that allege the... Read More