This past year, 10 lawyers across the country at plaintiffs' firms big and small helped secure millions of dollars in settlements and verdicts for their clients, going up against powerful defendants like Googl... (more story)

Two Louisiana law firms and a group of politically connected attorneys engaged in a "shakedown" to steal about 1,000 cases filed by hurricane survivors who had hired and built cases with a different firm, alle... (more story)

A Liberty Mutual unit wrongfully denied an Ohio property owner's claim for coverage for a building that burned down during renovation, the Sixth Circuit ruled, finding the policy's requirement to erect a fence... (more story)

Janelle Griffith, global logistics practice leader at Marsh Risk, a U.S. Supreme Court ruling on freight brokers' liability, litigation costs and premiums for smaller brokers.

A Munich Re insurer can't refile a boat fire coverage case after previous dismissals. Albertsons isn't entitled to coverage for more than 100 opioid suits. And a Hanover unit isn't responsible for an owner's g... (more story)

An insurer told a Florida federal court Wednesday that a clerical error in a property policy should not allow a waste management company to collect more than twice the coverage it bargained for after a March 2025 fire. 

A Virgin Islands federal court on Wednesday refused to reconsider its decision to remand an ophthalmology clinic's suit over the handling of its Hurricane Maria property damage claim back to territorial court,... (more story)

An Eleventh Circuit panel on Tuesday said an insurer cannot file its action seeking to avoid coverage for a boat fire a third time, determining that its two previous voluntary dismissals barred any further lit... (more story)

The owner of a luxury fashion design firm in Seattle told a federal court that its insurer owed coverage for burglaries that occurred amid protests after the 2020 murder of George Floyd, saying the insurer act... (more story)

The owner of a Kansas-based senior living community said its claims that its insurer failed to pay over $7 million in damages it suffered when a sprinkler burst must stay in Colorado, according to a pair of br... (more story)

A North Carolina federal judge found that a life sciences company's insurer can't avoid counterclaims brought by a former patent holder asserting that the carrier must cover a $1.77 million judgment entered ag... (more story)

An Indiana federal judge has determined that an insurer owes no coverage to an arcade in a lawsuit alleging that its name and logo infringed the trademarks of another business because the policy excluded trade... (more story)

An AmTrust workers' compensation unit must defend a construction company against bodily injury claims from workers alleging they were seriously injured from the collapse of a floor area of a New Haven building... (more story)

The general contractor for a high-end condo project in Utah has told a federal court its insurer breached its contract when it failed to promptly investigate and adjust more than $1.2 million in claims for pro... (more story)

A builder accused of causing significant delays and increased costs during the construction of a custom home in North Carolina is not entitled to coverage, the company's insurer told a federal court, saying th... (more story)

Trisura Specialty Insurance asked an Illinois federal court to declare it does not have to defend or indemnify a Texas-based trucking company against a $25 million default judgment for its alleged involvement ... (more story)

The operator of one of the largest state fairs in the U.S., known as The Big E, alleged in a lawsuit removed to federal court Friday that its insurers are wrongly relying on a list of policy exclusions to deny... (more story)

Albertsons isn't entitled to defense or indemnity for more than 100 suits accusing the pharmacy and grocery chain of fueling the opioid epidemic, a Delaware state court ruled, tracking the state high court's r... (more story)

A group of Washington-based Denny's franchise operators said their Liberty Mutual insurers wrongfully refused coverage for a wage and hour class action, telling a federal court that they are entitled to recoup... (more story)

An insurer for a summer camp operator and a former counselor accused of sexually abusing children have settled a dispute over coverage for the now-resolved civil suits brought against him, according to an orde... (more story)

A group of Illinois car dealerships are not eligible for insurance coverage in connection with a proposed class action alleging their use of an employee fingerprint scanner violated state privacy law, accordin... (more story)

Pennsylvania's attorney general announced Friday a deal with Geico aimed at strengthening consumer protections by preventing unfair or confusing auto policy cancellations due to the use of artificial intelligence.

Insurers reported an increase in the frequency of legal malpractice claims for the first time in several years amid concerns over issues like the uncontrolled use of artificial intelligence, according to this ... (more story)

An AIG unit needn't cover $2.5 million in defense costs from pollution suits against investors in an oil refinery and storage terminal in the U.S. Virgin Islands, a Delaware state court ruled, saying the insur... (more story)

An insurer does not have to defend an embryo storage lab against a proposed class action alleging it used deceptive marketing to sell genetic testing services to IVF patients, because misleading promotion does... (more story)

A North Carolina federal judge said a swimmer who won a $10 million judgment against a swim coach who sexually assaulted her cannot seek that payment from the coach's insurer because neither the coach nor the ... (more story)

Though a hung jury can be a disappointment, a psychological understanding of jury holdouts can help trial lawyers shape their damages arguments and understand leadership and group composition as a function of ... (more story)

An insurance defense law firm negligently allowed an $825,000 workers' compensation settlement to be sent to an impostor, forcing Chubb unit Federal Insurance Co. to replace the misdirected funds, according to... (more story)

The New Jersey Supreme Court said an insurer didn't waive its right to deny coverage. The Texas Supreme Court ordered appraisal of a $40 million flood damage dispute. And the Colorado Supreme Court won't rehea... (more story)

The rush of carrier capital into the data center space should not obscure a distinct and evolving set of policyholder risks that existing insurance products were not designed to address, along with the further... (more story)