Litigation/Liability Trends
Lawsuit Alleges Insurance Agency Liable for Child Shooting at Home Office
The parents of a three-year-old Maine boy who accidentally shot himself with a loaded pistol filed a negligence suit against the owner of a Vermont home where the boy ...
D&O Insurer Dodges Coverage for $4.9M Embezzlement Scheme
A directors and officers insurer has no duty to defend a New Mexico financial organization from litigation filed after its former chief executive officer was convicted of ...
Pulitzer-Winning Authors Join OpenAI, Microsoft Copyright Lawsuit
A group of 11 nonfiction authors have joined a lawsuit in Manhattan federal court that accuses OpenAI and Microsoft of misusing books the authors have written to train the ...
Courtroom Predictions for 2023 From Clyde & Co
Insurance law firm Clyde & Co put together some predictions for 2023. The bad news for claims: nuclear verdicts aren't going anywhere. Here is that prediction as well ...
Lawsuit Against State Farm Alleges Racial Discrimination in Claims Handling
State Farm's claims handling process is the subject of a new lawsuit alleging disparities between the insurer's treatment of claims from Black policyholders versus claims ...
Safety Probe Opened Into Autonomous Driving System in GM’s Cruise Vehicles
Auto safety regulators in the U.S. have opened a formal safety probe into the autonomous driving system in vehicles produced by General Motors' robotaxi unit Cruise ...
3M Faces Claim in Netherlands Over ‘Forever Chemicals’ Pollution
The Netherlands's government is exploring its legal options against chemical giant 3M over pollution in the Dutch part of the Scheldt River.
Juul Agrees to Pay $1.2 Billion in Youth-Vaping Settlement
Juul Labs Inc. has agreed to pay $1.2 billion to resolve about 10,000 lawsuits targeting the e-cigarette maker as a major cause of a U.S. youth-vaping epidemic, according ...
Apple Sued by Women Who Say Airtag Lets Stalkers Track Victims
Apple Inc. has been sued by two women who said its AirTag devices have made it easier for their former partners and other stalkers to track down victims.