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FEMA Defends $4 Billion Claim With PG&E as Fire Victims Cry Foul

The Federal Emergency Management Agency on Monday defended its push to collect $3.9 billion in claims from PG&E Corp. for the relief it provided after the utility’s power lines sparked devastating wildfires. Wildfire victims have been fighting the payments to …

More PIP Auto Injury Claimants Are Hiring Attorneys: Study

A new study from the Insurance Research Council (IRC) found that the percentage of auto injury claimants represented by attorneys rose to 36 percent of personal injury protection (PIP) claimants in 2012, up from 31 percent in 2007 and more …

GM Recall Probe Team Includes Inside, Outside Attorneys

General Motors Co said on Monday that the team conducting a probe of the company’s handling of an ignition switch recall linked to 13 deaths includes attorneys from both inside and outside the No. 1 U.S. automaker. The team conducting …

Attorneys Seize Louisiana Insurer’s Money

Attorneys have begun seizing over $100 million they won for homeowners who claimed Louisiana Citizens Property Insurance Corp. dragged its heels in adjusting hurricane claims in 2005. Attorney Fred Herman said Monday that the money includes a $92.8 million judgment …

Texas Attorneys Release Wrongful Imprisonment Report

Attorneys for a Texas man who was wrongfully imprisoned nearly 25 years for his wife’s murder planned to release a report Monday detailing their probe into whether prosecutors at the man’s original trial suppressed evidence that could have supported his …