Litigation/Liability Trends
Pa. Court Splits on Whether Coverage Owed for COVID Shutdown
A Pennsylvania appellate court ruled Wednesday that a dental practice was entitled to coverage for income lost because of the state's COVID-19 shutdown but a tavern was not. Policy language made all ...
Fla. Supreme Court Suspends License of Mobile Claim Center Lawyer
The Florida Supreme Court on Monday suspended the law license of attorney Jennifer Perez, who was in charge of a "mobile claim center" that was set up in a trailer in North Fort Myers about a week ...
Louisiana Supreme Court to Hear Appeal of Rare Policyholder Victory in COVID Claim
The Louisiana Supreme Court has agreed to review an appellate court decision that found the COVID virus caused a direct physical loss that was covered by insurance. The Louisiana high court announced ...
Calif. Supreme: Unclear Policy May Require Insurer to Defend Yahoo From Privacy Lawsuits
A liability insurer may have a duty to defend Yahoo Inc. from class-action lawsuits that alleged it violated the Telephone Consumer Protection Act by sending its customers unwanted text messages, the ...
The Newest Fronts in Climate Change-Related Legal Battles
Climate change-related litigation has more than doubled in the past seven years globally, according to a June report by the London School of Economics, and is moving beyond traditionally polluting ...
Goldman Sachs Paid Over $12M to Bury Partner’s Claim of Sexist Culture
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. paid out well over $12 million to a veteran executive who complained internally about a toxic workplace for women in the highest echelons of Wall Street's most prestigious ...
Florida’s Citizens Revises Ian Loss Estimate to $3.8B, Including Litigation Expenses
Direct losses, litigation and other expenses from Hurricane Ian will reach $3.8 billion for Florida's Citizens Property Insurance Corp., but that's still below the threshold that would trigger an ...
California Sues Over ‘Forever Chemicals’ That Taint Water
A lawsuit filed by the state of California accuses 3M, Dupont and 16 smaller companies of covering up the harm caused to the environment and the public from chemicals manufactured by the firms that ...