Business Fears Never Ending Liability From ‘Take-Home’ COVID-19 Lawsuits January 12, 2022 By Tom Hals As COVID-19 cases surge in the United States, businesses say they fear a California court ruling has increased the likelihood...
Calif. Supreme Court Affirms Strict Liability Standard For Wildfire Suppression Costs December 29, 2021 By Jim Sams The California Supreme Court refused to loosen the state’s strict liability standards for wildfires, ruling on Monday that a religious...
Florida District to Pay $26 Million to Shooting Victims December 17, 2021 FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP)–The Broward County, Florida, school district will pay more than $26 million to the families of 17...
Refugees Lack COVID Shots Because Drugmakers Fear Lawsuits – Documents December 17, 2021 By Francesco Guarascio and Panu Wongcha-um BRUSSELS/BANGKOK — Tens of millions of migrants may be denied COVID-19 vaccines from a global program because some major manufacturers...
Swiss Re: Litigation Funders Driving Social Inflation, ‘Outsize’ Verdicts December 10, 2021 By Jim Sams Swiss Re said in a report released Thursday that litigation funding has become a $17 billion industry globally, with 52%...
Sackler Family Says Billions Collected From Purdue Not Abuse Of Bankruptcy Law December 7, 2021 By Maria Chutchian Members of the Sackler family on Monday said billions of dollars they collected from Purdue Pharma before the company filed...
Nevada Court Sides With Gunmakers in Las Vegas Shooting Suit December 6, 2021 CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP)–Nevada’s Supreme Court ruled gun manufacturers cannot be held responsible for the deaths in the 2017 mass...
Chemours Shareholder Suit Over DuPont Spinoff Liabilities Dismissed November 3, 2021 By Jef Feeley and Michael Leonard A Delaware judge dismissed a suit by Chemours Co. shareholders alleging directors misled them about the company’s financial health and...
Subrogation and the Sudden Emergency Doctrine November 3, 2021 By Gary Wickert It’s happened at least once to every subrogation professional. A significant claim file involving an auto accident in which liability...
J&J, Costco Settle Lawsuits Over Recalled Sunscreen November 2, 2021 By Brendan Pierson Johnson & Johnson and Costco Wholesale Corp have reached a tentative agreement to settle lawsuits over the presence of a...