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Judge Dismisses Insurer's Coverage Action Regarding Costs For Water Damage
SAN FRANCISCO - Noting an existing appraisal proceeding between an insurer and its insured, a California federal judge on March 28 dismissed the insurer's coverage action regarding a dispute over costs...
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Insurer Owes Equitable Contribution To Insurers For Defense Costs, Judge Rules
LAS VEGAS - An insurer had a duty to defend construction defect lawsuits against an insured, a Nevada federal judge held March 12, finding that the insurer owes equitable contribution to two other...
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Judge Denies Dismissal Of Insurer's Equitable Contribution Claim
LAS VEGAS - A commercial general liability insurer sufficiently asserts claims for equitable contribution and subrogation against another insurer regarding reimbursement of costs incurred in the...
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Insurer Has No Standing To Assert Contribution Claim, Judge Concludes
FLORENCE, S.C. - An insurer does not have standing to assert claims for equitable contribution and indemnity against another insurer regarding reimbursement of defense costs incurred over a mutual...
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Economic Loss Rule Bars Insurer's Lawsuit Against Contractors, Panel Rules
FRANKFORT, Ky. - The economic loss rule precludes an insurer's recovery lawsuit against contractors for costs it paid for faulty electrical work on behalf of its insured, who was contracted separately...
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Judge Allows Insured To File Amended Counterclaim In Defect Insurance Dispute
HONOLULU, Hawaii - A Hawaii federal judge on March 28 affirmed a magistrate judge's order granting an insured's motion for leave to file a second amended counterclaim for bad faith and negligent...
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Insurance Policy Precludes Coverage For Construction Defects In Condominiums
HOUSTON - A general liability insurance policy excludes coverage for damages sustained in the construction of condominiums, a Texas federal judge ruled March 21, granting summary judgment to the...
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Panel Affirms Coverage For $7M Fraud Loss Barred By Bond's Retroactive Date...
ATLANTA - The 11th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on April 9 affirmed a lower court's finding that coverage for an insurance premium financing company's $7 million fraud losses is barred by the...
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JPMDL Consolidates Suits Alleging C8 Personal Injuries In Southern District...
SAN DIEGO - The Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation issued a transfer and centralization order on April 8, creating a multidistrict litigation for personal injuries and wrongful death in the...
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Judge Grants Stay In Consumer Protection Suit Against McGraw-Hill, S&P
HARRISBURG, Pa. - A federal judge in Pennsylvania ruled April 5 that The McGraw-Hill Cos. Inc. and its subsidiary, Standard & Poor's Financial Services LLC (S&P), are entitled to a stay of...
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7th Circuit Reverses: Delay In Naming Trustee Did Not Extend Limitations Period
CHICAGO - A panel of the Seventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on April 8 reversed and remanded a bankruptcy case, ruling that the statute of limitations for filing avoidance claims was not extended as...
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Pennsylvania House Considers Asbestos Bankruptcy Trust Disclosure Legislation
HARRISBURG, Pa. - The Pennsylvania House Committee on Judiciary on April 8 began considering a bill requiring disclosure of asbestos bankruptcy trust submissions and imposing liability with an eye...
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Judge Grants Reinsurer's Motion To Compel Discovery Against Reinsured
NEW HAVEN, Conn. - A federal judge in Connecticut on April 8 granted a reinsurer's motion to compel discovery of certain materials, holding that the reinsurer's contentions are in accord with...
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Debt Collector Had Right To Pull Consumer's Credit Report, 5th Circuit Rules
NEW ORLEANS - A federal judge did not err in granting summary judgment in a Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) lawsuit because a consumer failed to show that a debt collector obtained his credit report...
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3rd Circuit Affirms Rejection Of State Police Officer's Constitutional Claims
PHILADELPHIA - A state police officer failed to prove his claims that his constitutional rights were violated when he was placed on restricted duty despite being acquitted of criminal charges filed...
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Judge Declines To Reconsider Insurer's Summary Judgment Motion In Sinkhole...
TAMPA, Fla. - An insurer's motion to reconsider a denial of summary judgment regarding coverage matters and bad faith surrounding repair of a sinkhole is merely an attempt "to refute the basis for the...
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Oklahoma Federal Judge Remands Medicare Reimbursement Dispute
OKLAHOMA CITY - An Oklahoma federal judge remanded to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services a Medicare reimbursement case, finding that an appeals board erred in determining that a...
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Trasylol MDL Judge Sets Final Hearing As Litigation Nears Conclusion
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - The Florida federal judge overseeing the Trasylol multidistrict litigation conducted a final hearing April 9, saying a review of the docket indicates that the MDL is nearing...
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Ohio Federal Judge Rejects Request For Protective Order In Overtime Class Suit
COLUMBUS, Ohio - A protective order is not warranted in a nurse's class overtime suit, an Ohio federal judge ruled April 4, overruling a magistrate judge's opinion and order issued earlier this year...
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Michigan Federal Judge Enters Default Judgment In Trademark Case
DETROIT - Coach Inc. on April 8 prevailed on claims of trademark and copyright infringement levied in Detroit federal court against a gas station, which it had accused of selling counterfeit handbags...
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