Litigation/Liability Trends
Are Storm Shutters Unsafe? Fire Deaths Probed
Esther Mibab felt nervous in her home in The Acreage. So nervous that she kept her accordion-style hurricane shutters closed, even in the off-season. Closed and locked. From the outside. Authorities ...
Singapore Regulators Urge Airlines to Reconsider Conflict Zone Risks
Singapore's civil aviation authority has asked airlines based in the city-state to review their risk assessment of conflict zones following the shooting down of a Malaysia Airlines jetliner over ...
Travelers Ordered to Pay Over $500M in Asbestos-Related Claims
A federal appeals court on Tuesday ordered Travelers Cos. Inc. to pay more than $500 million to satisfy asbestos-related claims stemming from the insurer's coverage of insulation maker Johns-Manville ...
$23B Punitive Damage Award Against R.J. Reynolds Likely to Be Cut: Experts
A decision by a Florida jury to impose punitive damages of $23.6 billion against R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company on Friday is likely to be rejected on appeal or the award reduced substantially, lawyers ...
New Trends Seen in Jailing of Former Two Sigma Employee for IP Theft
The plan was for Kang Gao to do his exit interview with Two Sigma Investments LLC, a $21 billion quantitative hedge fund in New York, and jump to Citadel LLC, a rival firm in Chicago. Gao never got ...
Five Ex-NFL Players File Suit Against Union for Hiding Concussion Risks
Five former NFL players, including six-time Pro Bowl defensive end Neil Smith, are suing the union for not providing accurate information about the risk of head injuries. The lawsuit on behalf of ...
Wildfire Lawsuit Plaintiffs Get Record Settlement from Aussie Electric Co.
Survivors of one of Australia's deadliest wildfires are to be awarded nearly 500 million Australian dollars in a class-action settlement reached last Tuesday, the largest such compensation in the ...
Lung Experts Urge Ban on E-Cigarettes Citing Unknown Health Impacts
Experts from the world's leading lung organizations have released a position statement on electronic cigarettes, focusing on their potential adverse effects on human health and calling on governments ...