Allstate, State Farm Sued Over $4 Billion Maui Fire Settlement July 22, 2024 By Jef Feeley A half-dozen Maui wildfire victims sued a group of insurers, including State Farm and Allstate, accusing them of throwing a...
Honolulu Officers Who Handcuffed 10-Year-Old Can Be Sued for Using Excessive Force, Judges Rule July 22, 2024 By Madeleine Valera Three Honolulu police officers can be sued on excessive force claims for their part in handcuffing and arresting a 10-year-old...
Buffett’s PacifiCorp Suspected of Collusion By Wildfire Victims’ Law Firms July 19, 2024 By Jonathan Stempel The law firms leading class-action litigation against PacifiCorp over the 2020 Labor Day weekend wildfires in Oregon want to examine...
Abbott Weighs Pulling Premature-Baby Formula Cited in Suits July 19, 2024 By Madison Muller and Jef Feeley Abbott Laboratories is considering pulling infant formula for premature babies off the market, Chief Executive Officer Robert Ford said, amid...
Hawaiian Electric Among Firms Eyeing $4B Maui Fire Deal July 19, 2024 By Jef Feeley and Mark Chediak Hawaiian Electric Industries Inc. is among the companies that have tentatively agreed to pay more than $4 billion to resolve...
CenterPoint Sued Over Hurricane Beryl Power Outages in Houston July 17, 2024 By Madlin Mekelburg A group of Houston restaurants that lost power for days after Hurricane Beryl sued the city’s main utility, accusing CenterPoint...
Maker of Warren Buffet’s Squishmallows Can Sue Build-A-Bear in Plush Toy Faceoff July 16, 2024 By Jonathan Stempel A U.S. judge rejected Build-A-Bear Workshop’s effort to dismiss a lawsuit claiming that its Skoosherz plush toys were unauthorized knockoffs...
Federal Appeals Court Upholds Dismissal of Manufacturer’s COVID-19 Claims July 16, 2024 By Andrew G. Simpson A Connecticut-based manufacturer has been denied another opportunity to seek $100 million in insurance coverage for business losses it claims...
AIG Files Amended Suit Against Former Execs, Dellwood Insurance July 16, 2024 By Chad Hemenway Global insurer American International Group (AIG) has reached an out of court settlement of its legal dispute with the excess...
Elliott Says Santander’s Use of Signal Messaging App Hampers Lawsuit July 16, 2024 By Irene García Pérez Elliott Investment Management has alleged that Banco Santander SA’s practice of using an auto-deleting messaging platform, in this instance to...