Litigation/Liability Trends
How AI in the Workplace Could Affect Insurance Coverage, Litigation
How could generative artificial intelligence affect litigation and insurance coverage as it's increasingly used in the workplace? Experts at Carrier Management's recent InsurTech Summit discussed the ...
Judge Cuts Bayer $2.25 Billion Roundup Verdict to $400 Million
A Pennsylvania judge on Tuesday slashed a $2.25 billion U.S. verdict against Bayer to $400 million for a Pennsylvania man who said he developed cancer from exposure to the company's Roundup ...
New Talc-Related Class Action Lawsuit Goes After J&J for Fraudulent Conveyance
With recent news that Johnson & Johnson is going forward with a third bankruptcy plan of a subsidiary to settle tens of thousand of lawsuits that it's talc products cause cancer, a class-action ...
Former Executive Alleges Gender Bias, Retaliatory Firing by NEXT Insurance
A former chief corporate officer for NEXT Insurance is accusing the company and its chief executive officer of gender and disability discrimination in the workplace and of firing her in retaliation ...
Nuclear Verdicts Surged to $14.5 Billion in 2023: Report
Nuclear verdicts of at least $10 million reached a 15-year high in 2023, while 27 verdicts were "thermonuclear," or more than $100 million, according to a new study by research firm Marathon ...
Class Action Settlements Flooded With Fraudulent Claims by Scammers
Artsana, a maker of child car booster seats, last year agreed to settle claims that it had misled customers about how to use its products, offering $50 to people who had bought Chicco-brand ...
Class Action Opposes Limiting Ship’s Liability for Baltimore Bridge Collapse
A Baltimore small business has filed a class action against the owner and operator of the cargo ship Dali that crashed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge last month. The suit, filed Thursday by Karen ...
Judge Won’t Dismiss Lawsuits Against Travis Scott Over Deadly Astroworld Concert
A judge has declined to dismiss hundreds of lawsuits filed against rap star Travis Scott over his role in the deadly 2021 Astroworld festival in which 10 people were killed in a crowd surge. State ...