May 07, 2025
Insurer Zurich urged a federal judge Wednesday to find midtrial that former policyholder Fluor has failed to prove up a case for bad-faith refusal to settle regarding a $300 million lead pollution payout, saying there's been no evidence Zurich ever received a proper offer.
June 29, 2021
A Missouri federal judge disqualified a Latham & Watkins LLP attorney as lead counsel for Fluor Corp. in an upcoming trial over insurance coverage for lead contamination suits, ruling that his role as both a witness and attorney would confuse the jury.
May 28, 2021
Fluor Corp. must hand over notes written by its Latham & Watkins LLP trial counsel that purportedly document the company's 2010 demands for Zurich American Insurance Co. to settle lead contamination suits on its behalf, a Missouri federal judge has ruled.
April 20, 2021
A Missouri federal judge ordered Zurich American Insurance Co. on Monday to pay $1.5 million in sanctions for disobeying court orders to turn over documents in a coverage dispute stemming from lead poisoning and pollution suits against Fluor Corp.
January 03, 2021
After a year in which the coronavirus pandemic swiped numerous important trials off the table, 2021 is widely hoped to bring broad vaccine availability and a return to the courtroom for many who have been awaiting their days in court.
December 09, 2020
Insurer Zurich was hit with sanctions Wednesday in a suit over client Fluor's $300 million bill connected to lead smelter pollution in a small Missouri town, but the federal judge who imposed them refused Fluor's request to end the suit completely and set a trial date for 2021.
April 01, 2020
The novel coronavirus has brought jury trials to a standstill in one of the pandemic’s most immediate blows to the legal sector, including court battles over whether Johnson & Johnson and Bayer products cause cancer and the New York attorney general’s effort to hold drugmakers liable for the opioid crisis. Here’s a look at some of the highly anticipated trials that are on pause.
February 25, 2020
Fluor Corp. has asked a Missouri federal judge for a win against Zurich American Insurance Co. in a coverage suit tied to dust produced by the engineering company's lead smelter, saying recently disclosed documents show Zurich never intended to settle when given the opportunity in 2010.
February 26, 2019
A Missouri federal judge said Tuesday a Zurich Insurance unit can't blame "technical mishaps" or a paralegal for its failure to turn over court-ordered documents in a lead pollution-related case, finding it intentionally withheld information and should be sanctioned.
February 15, 2019
Insurer Zurich American asked a St. Louis federal court Thursday to free it from helping a policyholder pay $300 million in legal settlements over poisonings and pollution in a small Missouri town that was home to the nation's last lead ore smelter.