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4th Circuit Panel Affirms County Zoning Authority Of Intrastate Gas Pipelines
RICHMOND, Va. - A unanimous Fourth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel on March 25 affirmed federal statutes do not preempt the application of local zoning requirements to an intrastate natural gas...
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Couple's Claim That Bank, Law Firm Ran 'Foreclosure Churning Enterprise'...
DENVER - A federal judge in Colorado on March 25 dismissed the majority of a couple's lawsuit against Bank of America N.A. and a law firm the lender used to file notices of election for foreclosure...
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D.C. Federal Judge Approves Settlement Of LivingSocial MDL
WASHINGTON, D.C. - A District of Columbia federal judge on March 22 granted final approval of a $4.5 million settlement to be paid by an online daily deal site to end claims that it sold vouchers with...
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California Appeals Court Finds No Showing Of Unlawful Conduct In Premium Case
LOS ANGELES - In an unpublished opinion, a California appeals panel on March 21 affirmed summary judgment in favor of a health insurer in a premium dispute case, saying there was no showing that the...
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U.S. Trustee Opposes AMR, US Airways Merger; CEO's Bonus Violates Bankruptcy Law
NEW YORK - The U.S. trustee in the Chapter 11 bankruptcy of AMR Corp., the parent company of American Airlines Inc., on March 25 filed a sur-reply brief in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern...
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Panel Upholds Preliminary Injunction Against Insurance Broker's Former Employee
ATLANTA - The 11th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on March 25 affirmed a preliminary injunction entered against a former employee of an insurance broker to enforce nondisclosure and noncompetition...
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Judge Dismisses Wells Fargo From Couple's Suit Over Mortgage Loan
CAMDEN, N.J. - A federal judge in New Jersey on March 25 dismissed Wells Fargo Bank N.A. from a couple's lawsuit accusing the lender of providing them with a mortgage loan it allegedly knew they could...
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Bankrupt Telecommunications Company Otelco Seeks Prepackaged Reorganization
WILMINGTON, Del. - Wireless communications company Otelco Inc. on March 24 filed a disclosure statement in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware, seeking acceptance of a prepackaged...
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No Evidence Insurance Brokers Shared Undisclosed Commissions Received, Judge...
GULFPORT, Miss. - There is no evidence that insurance brokers shared in allegedly undisclosed commissions received, a Mississippi federal judge ruled March 5, granting summary judgment to the brokers...
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Judge Denies Reconsideration Of Breach Of Fiduciary Duty Ruling In Favor Of...
DETROIT - A federal judge in Michigan declined on March 6 to reconsider his ruling granting summary judgment to an insurance agent and his entities as well as an attorney regarding their alleged breach...
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Bankruptcy Judge Denies Judgment To Insurer Against Agency For Wrongful Transfer
HARRISBURG, Pa. - A Pennsylvania federal bankruptcy judge on March 20 denied summary judgment to an insolvent insurer on its request of $1.5 million, which is the amount an insurance agency allegedly...
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Insurance Broker's Former Employee Alleges Sufficient Contract Claim, Judge Says
CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A former employee of an insurance broker sufficiently asserts a claim for breach of contract against his former employer for terminating his benefits under a departure agreement, a...
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Judge Denies Sanctions Against Insurance Agency, Agents Pending More Information
NEW HAVEN, Conn. - A Connecticut federal judge on March 18 denied in part a motion for sanctions filed in a breach of contract lawsuit against an underwriter, an insurance agency and two insurance...
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Judge: Third-Party Beneficiary Cannot Pursue Negligence Claim Against...
BALTIMORE - A third-party beneficiary of a life insurance policy cannot bring a negligence claim against an insurance agent, a Maryland federal judge ruled March 19, dismissing the claim; however, the...
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Judge: Fact Issues Exist On Reliance On Insurance Agent's Crop Insurance...
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - There are issues of fact regarding farmers' justifiable reliance on an insurance agent's statements concerning crop insurance that did not end up covering the farmers' damages, an...
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Panel: Insurer Is Entitled To Premium Payments On Life Insurance Policies
NEW ORLEANS - A life insurer is entitled to premium payments for canceled life insurance policies, the Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals affirmed March 18, dismissing a university charitable...
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Judge Says Insurer Fails To Allege Misrepresentation On Part Of Insurance Broker
BALTIMORE - A commercial general liability insurer failed to assert claims for tortious interference with contract, tortious interference with economic relationship based on an insurance broker's...
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Judge: Breach Of Covenant Claim Adequately Pleaded Against Insurance Brokers
WASHINGTON, D.C. - A class action plaintiff adequately pleaded a breach of the covenant of good faith and fair dealing, but otherwise fails to state a claim against insurance brokers, a District of...
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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 $592,084.33 for an insurance agent's failure to remit premiums for surety bonds, a New Hampshire federal magistrate judge ruled March...
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Panel Upholds Revocation Of Insurance Producer Licenses, Imposes Fines
TRENTON, N.J. - A New Jersey appeals panel on March 7 affirmed a ruling that revoked an insurance agency and its owner's insurance producer licenses and imposed fines and costs for violations of the...
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