Ill. Couple Can't Get Extra Coverage For Crash, 7th Circ. Says
An Illinois couple cannot receive additional payments for medical expenses and uninsured or underinsured motorist coverage beyond the $1.1 million they already received for a car crash, the Seventh Circuit rul... (more story)
Samsung Must Face Insurer's $653K Electric Range Fire Suit
Samsung Electronics can't escape a Nationwide unit's suit seeking to recoup the more than $653,000 it said it paid after its policyholders' home was damaged in a fire caused by a defective electric range, a No... (more story)
Insurance Litigation Week In Review
An insurance broker will get a second chance at claims against a rival company. A Liberty Mutual unit was wrongfully denied coverage for an Ohio fire. And a CNA Financial unit does not owe coverage for a jewel... (more story)
Consumer Advocate Talks Pending Ill. Insurance Changes
Abe Scarr, state director for nonprofit public interest group Illinois PIRG, spoke to Law360 about what two advancing bills will do for property and casualty policyholders in Illinois.
Golf Club Ends Hurricane Coverage Fight With Allianz Unit
A multimillion-dollar insurance coverage brawl between an Allianz unit and a private golf club in which the club said it was unfairly denied coverage for damages caused by Hurricane Helene has settled ahead of... (more story)
Insurer Fights Coverage Bid For Postfire Rental Income Loss
An insurer and a Minnesota apartment complex owner each urged a federal judge to decide a business interruption coverage dispute in their favor over lost rental income from vacated units in the wake of a fire ... (more story)
Travelers Can't Halt Water Damage Fight, Senior Home Says
The owner of a senior living community in Kansas urged a Colorado federal court to keep its coverage suit over $7 million in water damage moving along while contemplating a Travelers unit's request to toss Col... (more story)
Chinese Bank Hit With Suit Claiming Reinsurance Fraud
A company and its insurer have accused China Construction Bank Corp. of issuing fraudulent letters of credit valued at nearly $10 million, claiming in Illinois federal court that the country's largest bank has... (more story)
Law360 Reveals Titans Of The Plaintiffs Bar
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)
Attys Hijacked 1,000 Storm Cases In 'Shakedown,' Suit Says
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)