Litigation/Liability Trends
Viewpoint: La. and N.Y. Appellate Courts First to Find Physical Loss From COVID-19 Shutdowns
There is a hole in the dam. Prior to June 14, every one of the 77 federal and 44 state court appellate decisions interpreting the meaning of "direct physical loss or damage" in a standard-form ...
Alliant Response to Gallagher Poaching Suit: Female Employees Left Due to Poor Treatment
Alliant Insurance Services fired back at rival Arthur J. Gallagher in response to a request from Gallagher for a temporary restraining order against Alliant, accusing Gallagher of "rampant sexism, ...
Family of California Shooting Victims Sue Gun Distributor
Family members of some of the people killed or wounded during a 2019 shooting at a California garlic festival are suing the companies that distributed the rifle used in the attack, saying they did ...
Social Inflation Hitting the Insurance Industry Hard
Social inflation is increasing at a precipitous rate and resulting in unanticipated costs and risks for insurers. It has pushed up the cost of insurance claims at such a speed and extent that pricing ...
Gallagher Sues Alliant Again for Alleged ‘Corporate Raid’ of Employees
Broker Arthur J. Gallagher filed another poaching lawsuit against Alliant Insurance Services, alleging Alliant is "presently engaged in a corporate raid of Gallagher's Chicago office." According to ...
Viewpoint: Jury Blasts Defense With a $464 Million Nuclear Verdict
Plaintiffs' California dreamin' became a reality when a Los Angeles jury went nuclear with a verdict of $464.6 million after an eight-week trial in June. The verdict included $24.6 million in ...
Judge Questions 3M’s Use of Bankruptcy to Fight Veterans’ Suits
The federal judge administering more than 230,000 lawsuits against 3M Co. questioned whether the industrial giant acted in good faith when it decided to try to shift the cases to bankruptcy court ...
Allergan Poised to Pay More Than $2B in Opioid Settlement
AbbVie Inc.'s Allergan unit has reached an agreement to pay more than $2 billion to resolve thousands of lawsuits filed by state and local governments over the marketing of its Kadian opioid ...