PG&E Fire Victims Again Seek Payout Guarantee Amid Virus Tumult April 17, 2020 By Joel Rosenblatt and Mark Chediak Victims counting on PG&E Corp.’s bankruptcy to compensate them for their losses in California wildfires are making a last-ditch effort...
Economic Loss Rule Bars Insurer Recovery for Utility’s Damaged Turbine April 9, 2020 By Jim Sams The economic loss rule established by Texas courts bars recovery for an insurance company that sought nearly $8 million in...
Circus Circus Faces Lawsuit Over 2019 Beating Death March 17, 2020 RENO, Nev. — The husband of a California woman who was found beaten to death at a Nevada casino is...
Uber’s Challenge to Balance Driver Safety With Customer Privacy March 10, 2020 By Tina Bellon NEW YORK — Margaret Bordelon can still feel the hands of the drunk man who tried to pull her in...
Unwitting Insurers May Be Subsidizing Marijuana Grow Houses March 5, 2020 By Jim Sams GARDEN GROVE, Calif. — While California has a $1.4 billion legal marijuana market, a black market of perhaps equal size...
N.C. High Court: Actual Cash Value Includes Depreciation for Labor Costs March 3, 2020 By Jim Sams An insurer whose policy covers the “actual cash value” of a property may deduct for depreciation of labor costs when...
Iowa Court Drastically Cuts Insurer’s Payment to Paralyzed Worker March 2, 2020 By David Pitt DES MOINES, Iowa — The Iowa Supreme Court on Friday dramatically reduced the compensation a paralyzed northeast Iowa man received...
Apple to Pay Up to $500 Million to Settle U.S. Lawsuit Over Slow iPhones March 2, 2020 By Jonathan Stempel Apple Inc. has agreed to pay up to $500 million to settle litigation accusing it of quietly slowing down older...
J&J Ordered by Jury to Pay $9 Million in Talc-Cancer Case February 28, 2020 By Jef Feeley Johnson & Johnson was ordered by a Florida jury to pay $9 million to an 82-year-old woman who blamed asbestos-tainted...
Judge: Army Corps Not Responsible for Harvey Flooding Damage February 21, 2020 HOUSTON — A federal judge has ruled the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers isn’t liable to damage to thousands of...