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1st Circuit: AIG Must Cover Failed Bank Executives' Claims
BOSTON - The First Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on March 20 ruled that AIG Insurance Co. - Puerto Rico (AIG) must pay attorney fees and costs incurred by the directors and officers of the failed...
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Ford Loses Appeal Of $3M Judgment In Defective Expedition Injury Action
DENVER - The 10th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on March 20 affirmed a $3 million personal injury judgment entered in a Colorado federal court against an automobile manufacturer, concluding that...
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Florida Panel Reverses Ruling In Insurer's Favor In Hurricane Wilma Dispute
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - A Florida appeals panel on March 20 found that an appraisal proceeding had not appraised an insured's ordinance and law coverage stemming from Hurricane Wilma, reversing and...
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Insecticide Method Patents Not Infringed, Federal Circuit Affirms
WASHINGTON, D.C. - A North Carolina federal judge did not err in granting summary judgment of noninfringement in a dispute over a patented method of insecticide application, the Federal Circuit U.S....
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Federal Judge Awards Judgment To Government In Student Loan Suit
SAN FRANCISCO - A federal judge in California on March 19 granted the U.S. government's motion for summary judgment in a student-loan collection case, finding that the debtor did not present evidence...
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11th Circuit Panel Affirms No Duty To Defend Developer In Chemical Exposure Suit
ATLANTA - A unanimous 11th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel on March 20 affirmed summary judgment for an insurance company against a Florida developer and the plaintiffs who sued it for exposure to...
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California Top Court Rejects Competition Law Injunction Case Against Law Firm
SAN FRANCISCO - The California Supreme Court on March 20 declined to review a California unfair competition law (UCL) injunction against an immigration law firm and its shareholder that a lower court...
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Magistrate Judge Finds Investigative Reports Are Not Privileged
KANSAS CITY, Kan. - A federal magistrate judge in Kansas overseeing discovery in an employment discrimination suit on March 20 held that investigative reports prepared by the Shawnee County Board of...
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Spoliation Issue A Matter For Trial, Magistrate Judge Says In Denying Sanctions
EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. - The issue of whether employees at the Illinois Department of Corrections (IDOC) willfully destroyed mail receipts requested by a plaintiff inmate is a matter for trial, a federal...
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Complaint Fails To Trigger Advertising Injury Coverage, Federal Judge Rules
SAN FRANCISCO - An underlying complaint against an insured for copyright and trademark infringement fails to allege facts that created a potential liability for an advertising injury, a California...
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Texas Appeals Panel Revives Homeowner's Construction Defect Claim
DALLAS - The Fifth District Texas Court of Appeals on March 19 overturned summary judgment on a claim for breach of the implied warranty of habitability brought against a construction firm by a...
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Party To Reinsurance Arbitration Says New York Federal Court Is Proper Venue
NEW YORK - A party to a reinsurance arbitration told a New York federal court on March 18 that because the arbitration award at bar was decided in a New York arbitration hearing, the New York federal...
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Director And Officer Say Court Does Not Have Jurisdiction Over Suit
NEW YORK - A director and an officer of a banking corporation who were sued for negligent misrepresentation told a New York federal court on March 20, that the New York court does not have jurisdiction...
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English Justice Finds Seller Of Ship Was Entitled To Unpaid Deposit
LONDON - An English justice on March 21 allowed the seller of a ship's appeal of an arbitration award, finding that the tribunal erred in deciding that it was not entitled to recover the amount of a...
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9th Circuit Sides With Film Studios, Says BitTorrent Sites Infringe
SAN FRANCISCO - A California federal judge properly found that the BitTorrent search engine Isohunt is liable for contributory infringement because it is not entitled to safe harbor immunity under the...
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California Jury Awards $26.6 Million To Couple For Mesothelioma
LOS ANGELES - A California jury on March 19 awarded $26.6 million to a couple, finding the lone remaining defendant liable for a man's asbestos exposure and resulting mesothelioma, sources told Mealey...
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11th Circuit Affirms Jet Ski Verdict; Alternative Design Testimony Was Reliable
ATLANTA - An 11th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel on March 20 affirmed a $1.5 million product liability judgment to a woman whose vaginal and anal cavities were gutted by water shooting from the...
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Fracking Suit Settlement Unsealed In Pennsylvania; Access To Court Records...
WASHINGTON, Pa. - A confidential settlement agreement between a Washington County, Pa., family and natural gas extraction companies was unsealed by a Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas for Washington...
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Stanley M. Chesley Disbarred Permanently By Ky. High Court For Ethical...
FRANKFORT, Ky. - A unanimous Kentucky Supreme Court on March 21 permanently disbarred plaintiff mass tort attorney Stanley M. Chesley for taking an unreasonable $20 million fee from the Kentucky...
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Split 3rd Circuit Partially Reinstates Tyco Accountant's Whistle-Blower Suit
PHILADELPHIA - A former Tyco Electronics Corp. accountant may proceed with part of his whistle-blower suit claiming that he was terminated after questioning hundreds of thousands of dollars in...
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