Meta MDL Suit May Be Preview Of Social Media Cos.' Fortunes
The Delaware suit by Meta's insurers to free them from defending numerous lawsuits alleging the company deliberately designed addicting platforms follows a familiar legal playbook, but may influence other social media companies' odds in similar suits in the pivotal jurisdiction.
6th Circ. Grills Home Depot Over Data Breach Coverage Fight
Home Depot urged a Sixth Circuit panel to find that a contested electronic data exclusion in its commercial general liability excess policies was ambiguous, "tacking a crack" at persuading the appellate court that a 2014 data breach didn't involve the loss of use of electronic data.
Election Highlights States' Role On Insurer Climate Risks
Working together to understand climate change risks to insurers and their policyholders should be a priority for state regulators, as already limited federal initiatives to study those risks are set to decrease in a Trump administration, risk and climate experts say.
Meta MDL Suit May Be Preview Of Social Media Cos.' Fortunes
The Delaware suit by Meta's insurers to free them from defending numerous lawsuits alleging the company deliberately designed addicting platforms follows a familiar legal playbook, but may influence other social media companies' odds in similar suits in the pivotal jurisdiction.
6th Circ. Grills Home Depot Over Data Breach Coverage Fight
Home Depot urged a Sixth Circuit panel to find that a contested electronic data exclusion in its commercial general liability excess policies was ambiguous, "tacking a crack" at persuading the appellate court that a 2014 data breach didn't involve the loss of use of electronic data.
Election Highlights States' Role On Insurer Climate Risks
Working together to understand climate change risks to insurers and their policyholders should be a priority for state regulators, as already limited federal initiatives to study those risks are set to decrease in a Trump administration, risk and climate experts say.
Expert Analysis
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The auto insurer for a freight transportation company needn't cover an underlying suit over the fatal shooting of a man during a road rage altercation, a West Virginia federal court ruled, saying the shooting ... (more story)
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An insurer that sued two fire safety companies asked a North Carolina appeals court for another chance after it misidentified itself in its complaint, saying it made a nonprejudicial mistake in its suit seekin... (more story)
A Florida condo association said its insurer underpaid it by nearly $19 million after Hurricane Ian destroyed its property in 2022, according to a suit that was removed to federal court.
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A man who was injured in a 1977 automobile accident cannot get no-fault injury benefits from an auto insurer decades later, a Michigan appeals court ruled, finding there's no evidence the insurer either issued... (more story)
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to take up an insurer's argument that a wood treatment product maker's policy excludes coverage of an underlying suit over a man's cancer diagnosis following decades o... (more story)
A Michigan federal court formally dismissed an insurer's declaratory action seeking to avoid covering a daycare and a former employee in an underlying lawsuit accusing the employee of physically and emotionall... (more story)
A homeowners association's insurer told a Virginia federal court it needn't cover underlying lawsuits alleging a lifeguard employed by the association's contractor allowed hazardous chemicals to spread and hur... (more story)
A no-fault auto insurer alleged in a new complaint Wednesday that Michigan personal injury attorneys and their law firms are engaging in a smear campaign to drive the insurer out of the state, accusing the att... (more story)
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The Eleventh Circuit unanimously affirmed Wednesday that an insurer doesn't have to cover underlying litigation against a holding company by investors who wanted to revoke an $11.7 million buy-in, because clai... (more story)
An Illinois federal judge has axed an AIG subsidiary's counterclaim in a Burger King franchisee's lawsuit seeking coverage for an underlying case accusing it of violating Illinois' biometric privacy law, concl... (more story)
OpenText told a Michigan federal court it should be dismissed from an insurer's suit seeking to avoid coverage of a class action from former Covisint shareholders alleging an unfair merger, saying it's not inv... (more story)
A Florida federal judge on Tuesday refused to toss a federal benefits lawsuit from a patient who alleged that UnitedHealthcare wrongly denied him coverage for proton beam therapy to treat tongue cancer, reject... (more story)
An Indiana federal court dismissed a lawsuit Tuesday from a utility company's insurer seeking to avoid covering a $5 million consent judgment and a $14 million damages claim from underlying litigation concerni... (more story)
A Pennsylvania laboratory told a federal court Monday that its insurer must cover it in an underlying lawsuit brought by a COVID-19 test manufacturer in which the manufacturer alleged that the lab sent 19,000 ... (more story)
The Trump Corp. asked a New York federal court to force an insurer to defend it in a more than $500,000 wage theft and age discrimination dispute brought by a former employee of a company-managed luxury condo in Manhattan.