Tribune Publishing Company, LLC et al v. Ace American Insurance Company

  1. February 20, 2024

    Insurer Must Pay Defense Costs In Newspaper Shooting Row

    An insurer owed coverage to the parent companies of a Maryland newspaper for the legal fees resulting from two underlying lawsuits brought by the victims and their families after a 2018 mass shooting, an Illinois federal judge ruled Tuesday.

  2. September 01, 2023

    Tribune Says Md. Capital Gazette Shootings Are Covered

    The parent companies of a Maryland newspaper that lost five employees in a 2018 mass shooting asked an Illinois federal court to force their insurer to pay $1 million to cover underlying settlements and litigation brought by victims.

  3. July 31, 2023

    Travelers Must Produce Docs In Newspaper Shooting Suit

    A Travelers unit must comply with a subpoena and turn in documents related to a Maryland newspaper publisher's claims and settlements following an office mass shooting, an Illinois federal judge ruled Monday, finding that the documents are relevant despite Travelers not being the publisher's primary insurer.

  4. July 28, 2023

    Insurer Seeks Excess Policy Docs In Newspaper Shooting Suit

    An insurer for a Maryland newspaper publisher that suffered a mass shooting asked an Illinois federal court to find that a Travelers unit, an excess insurer for the publisher that is not part of the lawsuit, must provide documentation on the excess policy.

  5. January 03, 2023

    Publisher Seeks Coverage For Md. Shooting Suits

    A Maryland newspaper's publisher accused a Chubb unit in Illinois federal court of funneling costs from one policy to another to avoid covering the publisher's defense tab in underlying suits stemming from a fatal mass shooting at the newspaper's offices.