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Reasonableness Of Claim Denial Dooms Bad Faith, Negligence Claims, Judge Rules

SEATTLE - Having previously held that an insurer properly denied coverage for a claim related to sexual abuse of a minor, a Washington federal judge on April 11 granted the insurer's subsequent motion...

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Bankrupt Firm Charged With Corruption To Pay $2.6M To State Of New Jersey

TRENTON, N.J. - Bankrupt Birdsall Services Group Inc. (BSG) on April 15 reached an agreement with the State of New Jersey under which it will pay $2.6 million to settle claims the state made against...

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Pennsylvania Federal Judge Dismisses Some Claims In Copyright Case

PHILADELPHIA - Allegations of copyright infringement levied in connection with "bootleg" books survived a motion to dismiss April 12; however, a Pennsylvania federal judge dismissed the vast majority...

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Coalition: Peregrine Trustee's Compensation Application Is 'Inappropriate'

CHICAGO - The Commodity Customer Coalition Inc. (CCC) on April 15 filed a brief in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Illinois objecting to the Chapter 7 trustee's first interim...

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Motions To Upset Verdict In Diacetyl Injury Suit Denied In Colorado Federal...

DENVER - Motions to overturn a personal injury jury verdict filed by an artificial flavoring manufacturer and a supermarket company found liable Sept. 19 for exposing a Colorado consumer to diacetyl in...

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5th Circuit Panel Affirms Dismissal Of Louisiana Claims In FEMA Trailer...

NEW ORLEANS - A unanimous Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel issued an opinion April 9 affirming dismissal of the Louisiana plaintiffs' claims against the Federal Emergency Management Agency for...

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JPMDL Consolidates Suits Alleging C8 Personal Injuries In Southern District...

SAN DIEGO - The Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation issued a transfer and centralization order on April 8, creating a multidistrict litigation for personal injuries and wrongful death in the...

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5th Circuit Panel Denies Natural Gas Company Rehearing Of Summary Judgment...

NEW ORLEANS - The Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel that overturned a summary judgment order for a natural gas well operator in February denied a motion by the company for a rehearing April 5;...

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Pennsylvania Appeals Court: Right-To-Know Exception Applies To Well Fire Records

HARRISBURG, Pa. - A unanimous Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court panel, in an opinion issued April 9, affirmed that records created by the state Department of Environmental Protection during the...

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Federal Magistrate Rules BLM Failure To Conduct Review Of Fracking Violates NEPA

SAN JOSE, Calif. - The Bureau of Land Management violated the National Environmental Policy Act when it failed to conduct an environmental impact review of the effects of fracking before it decided to...

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Louisiana Pipeline Operators Granted Judgment In Suit Alleging Gas Lease...

SHREVEPORT, La. - A lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana for disgorgement of profits from transmission of natural gas and for termination of a natural gas...

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West Virginia Plaintiffs Ordered To Specify Claims In Natural Gas Fracking Suit

WHEELING, W.Va. - A motion to dismiss filed by a natural gas storage defendant in a U.S. District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia lawsuit alleging methane contamination of a domestic...

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Natural Gas Company Reply Supports Dismissing Lawsuit To Declare Lease In...

SCRANTON, Pa. - A natural gas extraction company sued in December in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania by a Rome, Pa., couple for a declaratory judgment that the natural...

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Louisiana Plaintiff To Appeal Defense Summary Judgment In Natural Gas Lease...

SHREVEPORT, La. - A DeSoto Parish, La., real property owner filed notice April 5 in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana that he will appeal a March order granting a natural...

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Arkansas Plaintiffs Allege Injection Well Operators Trigger Damaging Temblors

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - The owners and operators of wastewater injection wells in Faulkner County, Ark., used for disposal of natural gas well hydraulic fracturing fluids are accused in three lawsuits...

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Louisiana Appeals Panel Upholds Summary Judgment For Oil Extraction Defendant

LAKE CHARLES, La. - Property damage claims against an oil extraction company were properly dismissed on a motion for summary judgment because the plaintiffs failed to meet their burden of proof, a...

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Amicus Counsel Survives Motion To Dismiss In Appeal Of WTC Disaster Payment...

NEW YORK - A motion to disqualify pro bono counsel appointed to represent the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York judge presiding over the World Trade Center Disaster Site...

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2nd Circuit Panel Hears Oral Arguments In Appeal From WTC Disaster Litigation

NEW YORK - A Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel heard oral arguments April 11 in the appeal of the July 2012 orders finding that the WTC Captive Insurance Co. breached its duty under the...

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Jury Finds Transit Agency Not Liable For Exposure To Benzene In Diesel Exhaust

JERSEY CITY, N.J. - A New Jersey jury on Feb. 7 ruled against a former transit agency employee who said he developed multiple myeloma as a result of exposure to diesel exhaust, benzene and other...

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In Utero Exposure Lawsuit Survives Motion To Dismiss In Delaware Superior Court

WILMINGTON, Del. - A defense motion to dismiss was denied March 27 in a New Castle County, Del., Superior Court personal injury lawsuit filed by the parents of a child with muscular dystrophy that they...

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