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Tennessee Supreme Court Affirms Employer's Duty To Pay Welder's Asthma Treatment
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - The Tennessee Supreme Court entered a judgment April 10 adopting findings of fact by a three-justice panel of the court and awarded permanent workers' compensation disability...
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Motion To Dismiss Denied In Suit Seeking PCB Removal From New York City Schools
BROOKLYN, N.Y. - A magistrate judge's recommendation to deny a motion by the City of New York to dismiss a declaratory judgment lawsuit seeking removal of polychlorinated biphenyls-containing...
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Pet Treat Class Actions Transferred From California To Pennsylvania Federal...
SAN FRANCISCO - Class action lawsuits filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California alleging violations of consumer protection statutes and seeking damages in torts were...
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Iraq War Veterans File Brief In 5th Circuit Appeal By KBR To Dismiss C6...
NEW ORLEANS - Iraq War veterans suing contractors in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas for personal injuries allegedly caused by hexavalent chromium exposure at an oil...
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Motions To Share Discovery, Sanction Plaintiffs' Counsel Denied In Iraq War...
PORTLAND, Ore - The magistrate judge presiding over the personal injury lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon by Oregon National Guard members for hexavalent chromium...
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Veterans, United States Supplement Oral Arguments In Weapons Testing Lawsuit
OAKLAND, Calif. - The United States and the plaintiffs representing some 100,000 veterans of Department of Defense and Central Intelligence Agency experiments that exposed the veterans to biological...
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Railroad Companies Challenge Medical Monitoring Claim In Paulsboro Derailment...
CAMDEN, N.J. - Railroad companies named as defendants in the Paulsboro, N.J., derailment cases consolidated in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey filed a reply brief March 28 in...
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Refinery Fire Lawsuit Removed From Louisiana Court, Consolidated With Class...
BATON ROUGE, La. - A putative class action filed against the owner and operators of a chemical refinery for the release in March 2012 of vinyl chloride was removed April 2 to the U.S. District Court...
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Judge Dismisses Insolvent Insurers' Aiding, Abetting Claim, Rescission Claim
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - A Florida federal judge on April 12 dismissed insolvent insurers' claims for aiding and abetting breach of fiduciary duties and rescission against their former directors...
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Receiver Accuses Company Of Driving Florida Insurer Into Insolvency With Fees
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - The receiver for Magnolia Insurance Co., in a complaint filed in a Florida court on March 21, alleges that Allianz SE looted the insolvent insurer with inflated fees for loan and...
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Panel Finds Guarantors Owe Insolvent Insurer $1.6M Under Indemnity Agreement
CHICAGO - Guarantors to a surety bond issued by an insolvent insurer must deposit $1.6 million with the insurer pursuant to an indemnity agreement, the Seventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals affirmed...
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Panel Dismisses Insolvent Insurer's Shareholder's RICO Suit Against Agencies
NEW YORK - The Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on March 18 affirmed the dismissal of a Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act, 18 U.S. Code Section 1961, et seq., lawsuit filed...
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Judge Dismisses Contribution Case Against Insurer Based On Rehabilitation Order
FRESNO, Calif. - A California federal judge on March 25 dismissed a contribution action against an insurer regarding defense costs of a mutual insured pursuant to a rehabilitation order entered against...
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Magistrate Judge Declines To Stay Discovery For Insurance Guaranty...
DENVER - A stay of discovery in favor of a ruling on motions for summary judgment and dismissal filed by the Colorado Insurance Guaranty Association (CIGA) in a reimbursement lawsuit will not resolve...
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Georgia Court Places Insolvent Insurer Into Liquidation
ATLANTA - A Georgia court on March 20 ordered Southern Casualty Insurance Co. into liquidation and named the state's insurance commissioner as liquidator (State of Georgia, ex. rel., Ralph T. Hudgens...
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Judge Places Insurer Into Receivership, Names Receiver For Rehabilitation
OKLAHOMA CITY - An Oklahoma judge on Feb. 21 ordered Driver's Insurance Co. into receivership and appointed the state's insurance commissioner as receiver for purposes of rehabilitation (State of...
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Judge Names Receiver For Universal Health Care
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - A Florida judge on March 22 appointed the Florida Department of Financial Services (FDFS) as receiver of Universal Health Care Insurance Co. Inc. (UHCIC) for purposes of immediate...
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Florida Trial Judge Appoints Receiver For Insolvent Insurer
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - On March 21, a Florida judge named the Florida Department of Financial Services (FDFS) to act as receiver of Universal Health Care Inc. (UHC) for purposes of immediate...
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Court Names Places Insurer Into Rehabilitation, Appoints Rehabilitator
AUSTIN, Texas - A Texas court ordered Gramercy Insurance Co. on Dec. 4 into rehabilitation and named the state's insurance commissioner as rehabilitator (The State of Texas v. Gramercy Insurance Co.,...
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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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