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Judge Reduces Verdict For Employee Made Ill By Mold Exposure
ST. THOMAS, Virgin Islands - A Virgin Islands federal judge on March 22 refused a landlord's request for a new trial in relation to a verdict awarded to an employee of the Virgin Islands Bureau of...
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Insurance Policy Precludes Coverage For Construction Defects In Condominiums
HOUSTON - A general liability insurance policy excludescoverage for damages sustained in the construction of condominiums, a Texas federal judge ruled March 21, granting summary judgment to the general...
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4th Circuit Upholds Dismissal Of Unconscionability Claim Based On Preemption
RICHMOND, Va. - A Fourth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel on March 25 affirmed a federal judge in West Virginia's finding that a woman's claim for unconscionability was preempted by the Home Owners'...
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11th Circuit Reverses Part Of Fees Order In Failed-Bank Suit
ATLANTA - The 11th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on March 25 agreed with a borrower that a mortgage agreement's plain language requires that attorney fees awarded to the defendant in a failed-bank...
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9th Circuit: No Copyright Liability For Mobile Messaging Networks
SAN FRANCISCO - A California judge properly dismissed copyright infringement allegations levied against several owners of mobile multimedia networks, the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled March...
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Class Certified In Suit Seeking More Than $42M For Extra Rental Car Fees
RENO, Nev. - A Nevada federal judge on March 21 certified a class of rental car customers seeking more than $42 million for concession fees paid by the rental car company and passed on to customers as...
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Federal Judge Dismisses 3 Suits Against FDIC As Failed Bank's Receiver
DENVER - A federal judge in Colorado on March 25 granted motions by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., as the receiver for a failed bank, to dismiss three consolidated suits related to a $17 million...
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9th Circuit Reinstates Police Officer's Free Speech, Retaliation Suit
PASADENA, Calif. - A California city police officer may proceed with his claims that his pay increase was delayed by the police chief in retaliation for free speech, a Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of...
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High Court Will Not Review ERISA Subrogation Case
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Supreme Court on March 25 declined to review an Eighth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruling that a welfare benefit plan may not enforce its subrogation provision as an...
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Judge Rules In Favor Of Insurers In Coverage Dispute Over Hurricane Ike Damage
HOUSTON - A Texas federal judge on March 25 found in favor of a primary insurer and an excess insurer in an insured's breach of contract and bad faith lawsuit arising from property damage caused by...
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DOJ, Michigan Move To Dismiss Antitrust Suit Against Blue Cross Over MFN Clauses
DETROIT - Following the Michigan Legislature's passage of bills prohibiting the use of "most favored nation" (MFN) clauses, the United States, Michigan and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan on March...
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Insured's Settlement Made Without Insurer's Approval Deemed Not Binding
COLUMBIA, S.C. - A South Carolina federal judge on March 21 held that because a policyholder entered into a settlement agreement without his insured's consent, that agreement was not binding on the...
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Judge Says Reinsurer Need Not Show Prejudice In Late Notice Dispute
NEW YORK - A New York federal judge agreed with a magistrate judge's report and recommendation on March 25 and granted summary judgment to a reinsurer, ruling that the reinsurer did not have to show...
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Revel AC Casino Files For Chapter 11 Bankruptcy, With $250M In Financing...
TRENTON, N.J. - Bankrupt casino Revel AC Inc. on March 26 filed a disclosure statement for its joint plan of reorganization a day after it filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court...
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U.S. Trustee: MF Global Liquidation Plan Fails To Meet Bankruptcy Code
NEW YORK - The U.S. trustee in the Chapter 11 bankruptcy of MF Global Holdings Ltd. (MFGH) on March 25 filed a brief in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York objecting to the...
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Building Compliance Costs Covered Under Insurance Policy, Appeals Panel Finds
TROY, Mich. - Costs to bring a building into compliance with the municipal code following an insured's alleged failure to properly cover the building's roof during repair work was a covered lossunder a...
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Judge: Recoupment Of Medicare Payments Does Not Violate Bankruptcy Discharge
AIKEN, S.C. - A South Carolina federal judge on March 22 affirmed a ruling by a bankruptcy judge that the withholding of post-petition Medicare reimbursement claims to recoup pre-petition Medicare...
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Water Contamination Claims Survive Defense Challenges In Indiana Federal Court
SOUTH BEND, Ind. - Claims of Indiana plaintiffs alleging solvent contamination of domestic water wells survived defense motions to dismiss March 25 in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District...
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Motion To Compel Granted In Part In Ohio Lawsuit For PFOA Water Utility...
COLUMBUS, Ohio - The magistrate judge presiding over the declaratory judgment and indemnification litigation filed by a southern Ohio water utility against DuPont for perfluorooctanoic acid...
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Federal Judge Refuses To Dismiss Exposure-Related Claims Against Landlords
ST. LOUIS - An Illinois federal court on March 22 denied a motion to dismiss filed by the owners of a commercial rental that allegedly contained mold, finding that a man who worked in the building and...
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