Wisc. Court Upholds Subrogation Waiver in Construction Contract June 20, 2019 A subrogation waiver in a construction contract blocks an insurer’s claim against a contractor whose alleged shoddy construction caused the...
Sidewalk Defects Liability: In Most States, Size Matters June 19, 2019 By Gary L. Wickert Insurance claim files are overflowing with losses involving individuals injured when they trip and fall over cracked, broken, or uneven...
Insurer Liable for Bad Faith Mistake of Law: Viewpoint June 12, 2019 By Sara Perkins Jones A recent ruling from the District of Massachusetts suggests that insurers are responsible for training their claims handlers to know...
Supreme Court Malpractice Ruling Concerns Doctors, Lawyers May 29, 2019 MINNEAPOLIS — A recent ruling from the Minnesota Supreme Court saying doctors can be sued for malpractice even if they’re...
Jury to Decide If Carrier Risked Trial Because It Had Nothing Left to Lose May 23, 2019 A federal judge in Rhode Island has cleared the way for a trial to decide whether Columbia Casualty Insurance, in...
Affected Nebraska Residents Get Bad News About Dam Failure May 9, 2019 NIOBRARA, Neb. — People who suffered losses when the Spencer Dam failed in northern Nebraska have gotten more bad news:...
FDA Halts Vaginal Mesh Sales; Boston Scientific Shares Fall April 17, 2019 U.S. health regulators ordered two medical device companies to stop selling surgical mesh used in pelvic repair surgeries after saying...
Gun Maker Remington to Appeal Connecticut’s Sandy Hook Ruling to Supreme Court April 10, 2019 By Andrew G. Simpson Having failed in Connecticut state court to block all claims brought by families of children killed in the Sandy Hook...
Sex Assault Victim Wants New Jersey College Held Liable January 10, 2019 By MARYCLAIRE DALE A lawyer for a college student who was sexually assaulted at a fraternity “Date Night” party and then driven across...
NFL Teams Move Away from Using Scissor Lifts for Filming August 19, 2016 By MARK LONG Mike Perkins has spent countless hours filming Jacksonville Jaguars practices from a scissor lift about 50 feet in the air....