Litigation/Liability Trends
After Derailment Spills 230,000 Gallons of Oil in Iowa, BNSF Railway Pursues Service Restoration
BNSF Railway Co on Monday said it could resume service Tuesday on a stretch of northwestern Iowa track damaged when a train left the track and crude oil spilled from derailed cars. The crude oil ...
Climate Change Lawsuits Against 5 Oil Companies Dismissed by U.S. Court
A California federal court dismissed climate change lawsuits against five oil companies by the cities of San Francisco and Oakland, saying the complaints required foreign and domestic policy ...
Toxic Danger in Teflon Chemicals EPA Previously Thought Were Safe
The chemicals used by a West Virginia factory to make nonstick products are dangerous at levels the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency had thought were safe, according to a federal study that had ...
Put Down the Video Games: WHO Declares Compulsive Playing as Mental Health Condition
Obsessive video gamers know how to anticipate dangers in virtual worlds. The World Health Organization says they now should be on guard for a danger in the real world: spending too much time playing. ...
The Next Tobacco? Climate Litigation Threat Growing: Opinion
Last month, a group of 10 families filed an action against the European Union at the European General Court, the EU's second highest court. All claim to have suffered loss from climate change. ...
Chubb Insists No Insurance for Weinstein, Who Wants Jury to Settle Coverage Issues
Hollywood movie mogul Harvey Weinstein is asking that a jury decide whether his insurer must defend him against 14 lawsuits accusing him of sexually harassing and assaulting women over several ...
Harvey Weinstein Pushes for Jury Decision on Sex-Assault Insurance
Harvey Weinstein wants jurors to decide whether Chubb Ltd. and other insurers are acting in "bad faith" by refusing to pay to defend him against almost a dozen lawsuits accusing ...
Insurer AIG Must Defend Bill Cosby Defamation Suits, Court Says
A federal appeals court says that insurer American International Group must pick up Bill Cosby's tab to fight defamation lawsuits brought by women who accused him of sexual misconduct. But the ruling ...