Litigation/Liability Trends
Cell Phones Could Still Be a Safety Issue on Some Boeing Jets
U.S. government officials in 2014 revealed an alarming safety issue: Passenger cellphones and other types of radio signals could pose a crash threat to some models of Boeing 737 and 777 airplanes. ...
Another Opioid Distributor Is Charged Over Its Role in the U.S. Drug Epidemic
An Ohio drug wholesale distributor and two former executives were charged on Thursday with profiting from the U.S. opioid epidemic by selling millions of pills despite signs the addictive drugs were ...
Markel Says It Is Resolving Suits Filed by Fired CatCo Execs Over Unpaid Bonuses
Markel Corp. appears on the way to settling with two former employees who sued over unpaid bonuses after they were dismissed for allegedly having a personal relationship that Markel said violated ...
Hurricane Barry Produced Nearly $300M in Insured Losses: Karen Clark & Company
Hurricane Barry fizzled quickly into a tropical storm, but the weather event generated nearly $300 million in insured losses, according to the catastrophe modeling firm Karen Clark & Company. KCC ...
Prosecution Accuses J&J of Avoiding Responsibility for Allegedly Fueling Opioid Crisis
Even after illegally promoting opioid painkillers to reap billions of dollars in profit over the past two decades, Johnson & Johnson has accepted "zero responsibility'' for its central role in ...
Roundup Jury Award Slashed to $25.3M; Bayer Appeal Still Planned
A federal judge on Monday slashed a damages award Bayer AG owed a California man who blamed Roundup weed killer for his cancer, to $25.27 million from $80.27 million, while rejecting the company's ...
U.S. Workers Comp On Track for a Fifth Consecutive Year of Underwriting Profits: Fitch
The U.S. workers compensation insurance market is likely to post a fifth consecutive year of underwriting profits in 2019 after stellar results in 2018, Fitch Ratings is predicting in a new report. ...
U.S. Reportedly Investigating Whether J&J Lied About Talcum Powder Cancer Risks
The U.S. Justice Department is pursuing a criminal investigation into whether Johnson & Johnson lied to the public about the possible cancer risks of its talcum powder, people with knowledge of ...