Litigation/Liability Trends
Calif. Court Breaks String of COVID Biz Interruption Case Wins For Insurers
A California appellate court broke from its sister jurisdictions—as well as state and federal courts across the nation—and ruled that a hotel owner's lawsuit seeking coverage for a COVID-19 ...
Wildfire Victims, Environmental Groups to Developers: Stop Building
Preston Brown knows the risk of wildfire that comes with living in the rural, chaparral-lined hills of San Diego County. He's lived there for 21 years and evacuated twice. That's why he fiercely ...
Skittles Are Toxic, Federal Lawsuit Claims
Mars Inc. has been sued by a consumer who claims that Skittles candies are unfit to eat because they contain a known toxin that the company had pledged six years ago to phase ...
How They Rank: Are High-Emitting Nations Liable for Climate Harms?
Scientists, officials and activists have long called out the inequity in national histories on greenhouse gas emissions with rich nations benefiting and poor ones hurting from global warming, and now ...
Doctors’ Group Accuse Insurers of Using ‘Junk Science’ to Deny COVID Business Claims
The medical profession in New Hampshire is accusing the insurance industry of using "junk science" in justifying its denials of COVID-related business insurance claims. In an amicus brief in a case ...
Gunmakers Face New Legal Threat From Families of Mass Shooting Victims
Families of children and teachers killed in last month's Texas school massacre face a formidable legal battle if they decide to sue the gunmaker whose AR-15 semiautomatic rifle was used in the ...
Supreme Court Sides With Doctors Challenging Opioid Convictions
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday made it harder for prosecutors to win convictions of doctors accused of running "pill mills" and excessively prescribing opioids and other addictive drugs, by ...
Midyear Update 2022: Transitions
The theme of transitions is a fitting one, which ties together many of the articles in Carrier Management's midyear digital magazine. We're publishing soon after the start of summer, and the weather ...