Texas Supreme Court Clarifies Bad Faith in Appraisal Process July 2, 2019 By Jim Sams An insurer’s payment of the appraisal value after disputing a claim does not establish that it was liable, nor does...
Insurer Off the Hook for Claim Because Pilot Skipped Simulator Training July 1, 2019 By Jim Sams The co-pilot never attended flight simulator school, but the chief pilot let him take the wheel anyway. The plane crash-landed...
Bayer Surges as Elliott Sparks Hope of Roundup Settlement June 27, 2019 Bayer AG rose the most in a decade after hiring a high-profile lawyer to fight a slew of cases over...
Opioid Judge Calls Proposed Settlement Group a ‘Novel Approach’ June 26, 2019 By Jef Feeley A judge backed a push by U.S. cities and counties suing opioid makers such as Purdue Pharma LP and Johnson...
Special Report: How Judges Added to the Grim Toll of Opioids June 25, 2019 By Benjamin Lesser, Dan Levine, Lisa Girion and Jaimi Dowdell WELCH, West Virginia — The opioid epidemic that has so far killed half a million Americans is routinely blamed on...
Hotel Owner Sues Insurance Company After Vegas Mass Shooting June 25, 2019 LAS VEGAS — More than 4,000 people are seeking damages from MGM Resorts International related to the Las Vegas Strip...
Billions at Stake in Opioid Suits, But It’s No Tobacco Windfall June 24, 2019 By Martin Z. Braun An Oklahoma case, the first of more than 1,600 lawsuits filed by U.S. state and local governments against opioid makers...
Facebook Must Face Lawsuit Over 29 Million-User Data Breach June 24, 2019 By Kartikay Mehrotra and Aoife White Facebook Inc. failed to fend off a lawsuit over a data breach that affected nearly 30 million users, one of...
Judge Tosses Suit over Northwest Iowa City’s Odor Ordinance June 20, 2019 SIOUX CITY, Iowa — A northwest Iowa company that’s been fined thousands of dollars for the stink coming from its...
Exiles Sue Expedia’s Trivago for ‘Trafficking’ in Cuban Property June 20, 2019 By Jonathan Levin A family of Cuban exiles sued a unit of Expedia Group Inc. for compensation over a hotel property confiscated when...