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Victoria Court Refuses To Transfer Meso Claim To New South Wales
MELBOURNE, Australia - An Australian justice on March 7 denied a request by a former asbestos-products maker to transfer a painter's mesothelioma claim against it to a New South Wales court, finding...
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Judge Finds No Dishonest Purpose In Dispute Over Rental Properties' Value
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. - The owner of tornado-damaged rental properties may have submitted evidence sufficient to show that its insurer's coverage decision breached its contract, an Alabama federal judge...
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Employer Can Recover From Lien Paid By Benefits From Insolvent Insurer, Panel...
CHICAGO - An employer can recover out of a third-party settlement the entire amount of workers' compensation benefits paid to an employee, including the $145,018.71 paid to the employee by the...
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Judge Remands Suit Against Directors And Officers, Saying Removal Was Improper
NEW YORK - A federal judge in New York on March 11 granted a motion to remand a shareholder's suit against a company's directors and officers, finding that the removal of the case was improper under...
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Judge Says Fact Issues Remain On 'Occurrence' Issue Under Homeowners...
TYLER, Texas - Fact issues remain regarding whether insureds intentionally and knowingly sold an allegedly defective home, a Texas federal judge held Feb. 12, denying summary judgment to an insurer...
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Insurer Owes No Defense For Breach Of Fiduciary Duty, Claim, Federal Judge Finds
CHICAGO - An insurer has no duty to defend insureds against a breach of fiduciary duty claim that arose out of construction defect allegations, an Illinois federal judge ruled Feb. 20 (Lori Hess, et...
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Judge Grants Judgment On Damages Resulting From Insurer's Wrong Of Another
DENVER - A Colorado federal judge granted summary judgment on Feb. 6 to an insurer on its claim against another insurer for damages resulting from the wrong of another regarding the settlement of a...
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Contractor Deemed First-Party Claimant On Subcontractors' Policies
DENVER - Noting that it is still an unsettled matter among both federal and state judges, a Colorado federal judge on Feb. 25 ruled that a contractor pursuing breach of contract and bad faith claims...
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Louisiana Federal Judge: Washington Law Does Not Apply To Insured's Claim
BATON ROUGE, La. - A federal judge in Louisiana on Feb. 7 found that it was error to apply Washington law to govern an insured's extra-contractual claim of failure to indemnify against an insurer and...
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Plaintiffs Seek Injunction To Halt Implementation Of Birth Control Mandate
PITTSBURGH - Plaintiffs challenging the "birth control" mandate contained in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) asked a Pennsylvania federal judge on March 11 for a preliminary...
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Certification Of Hygienists' Wage-And-Hour Suit Denied For Too Little Interest
TAMPA, Fla. - Two dental hygienists failed to prove that there is sufficient interest from potential class members in their wage-and-hour complaint against their former employers after only two people...
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FDA Warns Zithromax, Zmax Can Cause Heart Rhythm Changes, Some Fatal
ROCKVILLE, Md. - The Food and Drug Administration on March 12 warned that Zithromax brand azithromycin antibiotic, also sold as Zmax, can cause abnormal heart rhythms that may potentially be...
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Illinois Federal Judge Dismisses Donning, Doffing Class Claims
CHICAGO - An Illinois federal judge on March 8 granted a partial motion for summary judgment filed by two poultry processing companies accused of failing to pay their employees for time spent donning...
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Agreement Effected Valid Sale Of Litigious Rights, Louisiana Federal Judge Rules
NEW ORLEANS - A Louisiana federal judge on March 11 found that a sale of litigation agreement effected a valid sale of litigious rights between a hotel owner insured and its excess insurers, rejecting...
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Judge: Secondhand Smoke Did Not Violate Prisoner's Constitutional Rights
MILWAUKEE - A pro se prisoner's constitutional rights were not violated by secondhand smoke from prison staff, according to a judge in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, who...
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6th Circuit: Student Loans Nondischargeable Despite Initial, Opposite Decision
CINCINNATI - A panel of the Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on March 12 ruled that a debtor's student loans were nondischargeable despite an earlier decision by a bankruptcy court discharging those...
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Magistrate Judge: Insurers Entitled To Award For Agent's Failure To Remit...
CONCORD, N.H. - Insurers are entitled to judgment in the amount of $592,084.33for an insurance agent's failure to remit premiums for surety bonds, a New Hampshire federal magistrate judge ruled March 7...
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Rhode Island Judge Allows Couple's Asbestos Claims Against Crane Co.
PROVIDENCE, R.I. - A couple adequately alleges that Crane Co. supplied the Navy with valves containing asbestos-containing packing and gaskets and recommended similar replacement parts, a Rhode Island...
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Alabama Judge Tosses Copyright Dispute Over Home Designs
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Allegations of copyright infringement levied in connection with competing home designs must fail, an Alabama federal judge ruled March 11 (Jeff Benton Homes Inc. v. Alabama Heritage...
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Judge Refuses To Vacate Arbitration Award, Dismisses Petition As Untimely
WASHINGTON, D.C. - A District of Columbia federal judge on March 11 dismissed a petition to vacate an arbitration award that refused to set aside a previous award that adopted the terms of a settlement...
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