Litigation/Liability Trends
Hertz Customers Who Claim They Were Falsely Arrested Score Win in Court
Hertz Corp., battling hundreds of customers who say they were falsely arrested for auto theft after renting cars, was ordered by a federal judge to disclose how many renters it accuses every year. ...
Windstorm Coverage Doesn’t Include Flood Damage: 5th Circuit
An insurance policy that lists named windstorms among the covered perils doesn't cover flood damages caused by Hurricane Harvey even though flooding wasn't specifically excluded, a panel of the 5th ...
Reuters Report: J&J Crafts Secret Plan to Cap Litigation Payouts to Cancer Victims
Johnson & Johnson created a plan last year to limit the financial bleeding from billions of dollars in jury awards to plaintiffs who alleged the company's Baby Powder and other talc products ...
Court Siding With Merck Over War Exclusion for Cyber Attack a Warning to Insurers
Last month the Superior Court of New Jersey ruled insurers cannot use a policy exclusion to avoid covering about $1.4 billion in damages Merck & Co. said it suffered from a spring 2017 cyber ...
Colo. Supreme Court the Latest to Decide if Claims Adjusters Can Be Held Personally Liable
For the third time in three years, a state supreme court is being asked to decide whether a claims adjuster can be held personally liable for bad faith. The Colorado Supreme Court on Jan. 11 heard ...
Climate Change Litigation: Why Better Disclosure Is Vital as Cases Rise
Climate change is one of the greatest challenges we currently face. As the situation escalates, nations and corporations are increasingly being held accountable for their actions (or lack thereof) to ...
Mother Sues Meta, Snap Over Social Media ‘Addicted’ Daughter’s Suicide
Meta Platforms Inc. and Snap Inc. are to blame for the suicide of an 11-year-old girl who was addicted to Instagram and Snapchat, the girl's mother alleged in a lawsuit. The woman claims her daughter ...
Florida Power & Light Class Action Opens Door to Subrogation, Future Storm Claims
A Miami judge's certification of a lawsuit against Florida's largest utility company as a $10 billion class action, with damage claims from more than 4 million people who lost power in Hurricane ...