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Insured Seeks Coverage For $1.4 Million Defamation Judgment From 2nd Circuit
Case: First Advantage Litigation Consulting LLC v. American International Specialty Lines Insurance Co., et al., Nos. 12-3830 and 12-3841, 2nd Cir....(read more)
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9th Circuit Is Asked To Resolve Coverage Dispute Over Skateboard Litigation
Case: Street Surfing LLC v. Great American E&S Insurance Co., No. 12-55351, 9th Cir....(read more)
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5th Circuit To Decide If Insured's Failure To Disclose Coverage Voids Policies
Case: IDS Property Casualty Insurance Co. v. Carrie Meeks, No. 12-60605, 5th Cir....(read more)
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Washington Appeals Court To Decide Excess Carriers' Post-Settlement Liabilities
Case: Quellos Group LLC v. Federal Insurance Co., et al., No. 684787-7, Wash. App., Div. 1...(read more)
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Injured 'Tandem Driver' Is Not Covered By Trailer Owner's Policy, Insurer Says
Case: National American Insurance Co. v. Free Style Trucking Inc., et al., No. 10-1910, N.D. Ill....(read more)
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Insurers Dispute Split Of Defense Costs In Action Against Mutual Insured
Case: American Home Assurance Co. v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co., No. 11-5387, N.D. Calif....(read more)
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Manufacturer Seeks Exclusion Of Insurer's Design Defect Witness
Case: North Star Mutual Insurance Co., as subrogee for Kylan Meier v. CNH America LLC, et al., No. 11-4133, D. S.D....(read more)
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Insurer: Reinsurer's Suit Should Be Transferred To Different Federal Court
Case: Munich Reinsurance America Inc. v. Utica Mutual Insurance Co., No. 13-00238, S.D. N.Y....(read more)
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Parties To Reinsurance Arbitration Debate Venue For Court Proceedings
Case: First State Insurance Co., et al. v. National Casualty Co., No. 13-00704, S.D. N.Y....(read more)
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Pension Plan Failed To Plead Scienter In Securities Class Action, Judge Rules
OKLAHOMA CITY - A pension plan failed to plead scienter in arguing that the nation's second largest natural gas producer and certain of its current and former officers and directors misrepresented the...
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Judge: Evidence Requires Impermissible 'Guess' At Exposures By Jury
SALEM, Ore. - A jury would have to conduct impermissible "guesswork" to arrive at the conclusion that a man suffered exposure to asbestos based on testimony that he used or purchased "some" asbestos...
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Judge Dismisses FDIC's Securities Claims Against Countrywide As Time-Barred
LOS ANGELES - Dismissal of federal securities law claims brought by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., as receiver for a failed bank, against Countrywide Securities Corp., certain of its subsidiaries...
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Divided En Banc 9th Circuit Finds Competition Law Claims Subject To Arbitration
SAN FRANCISCO - An arbitration agreement between helicopter school students and a lender is neither substantively nor procedurally unconscionable, and California unfair competition law (UCL) claims do...
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Legal Malpractice Action Was Perempted, Louisiana Panel Affirms
GRETNA, La. - A malpractice lawsuit against an attorney and his liability insurer is perempted, a Louisiana appeals panel affirmed April 10 (Michael G. Lewis v. Jerald L. Album, et al., No. 12-854, La....
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Economic Loss Doctrine Bars Insurer's Negligence Claim, Judge Determines
INDIANAPOLIS - The economic loss doctrine precludes a subrogated insurer from pursuing a negligence claim against the supplier of a roof system that failed and permitted water damage in a building on a...
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Virginia Restaurant Is Not Exempt From Smoking Ban, State Appeals Court Rules
RICHMOND, Va. - State law exempting certain tobacco-related businesses from a general smoking ban under the Virginia Indoor Clean Air Act (VICAA) does not apply to a restaurant and hookah bar, a...
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Judge: Competition Law Claims Involving Lawyer's Google Advertising Proceed
SAN JOSE, Calif. - An Arkansas lawyer may pursue most of his California unfair competition law (UCL) action based on his alleged reliance on Google Inc.'s advertising pricing and placement policies, a...
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Florida Appeals Court Reinstates Tobacco Wrongful Death Claims
MIAMI - The Third District Florida Court of Appeal on April 10 reinstated tobacco wrongful death claims against Philip Morris USA Inc. that had been dismissed as untimely by a trial court, saying that...
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Rothstein Trustee Argues Chapter 7 Conversion Lacks 'Legitimate' Basis
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - The Chapter 11 trustee in the bankruptcy of law firm Rothstein Rosenfeldt Adler (RRA) filed a brief on April 10 in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Florida...
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D.C. Superior Court Denies Class Certification In Water Contamination Suit
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The District of Columbia Superior Court, Civil Division, on April 8 denied class certification to a group of parents and children seeking damages from the D.C. Water and Sewer...
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