The West Virginia Senate unanimously passed a bill that would ensure that property owners face very limited liability from trespassers on their land. In general, common law states that property owners cannot be sued by trespassers unless they recklessly or …
Louisiana property owners with flood insurance policies whose homes or other structures were damaged during Hurricane Isaac have an additional 60 days to file claims for their flood-related losses. Policy owners now have until April 22 to complete their proof …
Louisiana property owners with flood insurance policies whose homes or other structures were damaged during Hurricane Isaac have another 30 days to file claims for their flood losses. Policy owners now have until Feb. 21 to complete their proof of …
Slip-and-fall lawsuits once were a staple for injury attorneys. But they’ve become extremely tough in Michigan courts, due to a strict standard set by the state Supreme Court. The court’s conservative majority raised the bar last summer in a case …
Tuscaloosa officials have added seven storm-damaged properties to its list of buildings to be condemned, but not all have been approved for demolition. The Tuscaloosa City Council has approved condemning a total of 61 residential or commercial properties that have …
An attorney for property owners seeking damages from a huge coal ash spill asked a judge to hold the Tennessee Valley Authority liable, disagreeing Wednesday with an attorney for the nation’s largest public utility who said the 2008 disaster wasn’t …
Every property owner in North Carolina has a financial stake in the damage risk posed by Hurricane Irene, which could become the first to hit the state since a new method of paying for coastal storm damage allowed for reaching …