USA Gymnastics v. Liberty Insurance Underwriter
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21-2914
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August 16, 2022
USAG Keeps Fee Award In Nassar Coverage Suit
Liberty Underwriters Insurance Inc. must pony up the remainder of a roughly $2.1 million judgment for USA Gymnastics, a Seventh Circuit panel ruled Tuesday, saying the insurer failed to show that any portion of the fees incurred during investigations into sexual abuse by former team doctor Larry Nassar were not reasonable and necessary.
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May 24, 2022
Week In Bankruptcy: Dioceses Settle; Wind-Downs Reined In?
Three Roman Catholic dioceses are pushing for approvals of settlements for hundreds of sexual abuse claims in bankruptcy courts, a Delaware state court judge denied a litigation stay in a nonbankruptcy wind-down case, potentially signaling a crackdown, and Purdue Pharma executives got their bonuses approved. This is the week in bankruptcy.
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May 17, 2022
7th Circ. Probes Liberty Mutual's Nassar Defense Fees Payout
A Seventh Circuit panel pushed a Liberty Mutual unit Tuesday to address why it paid more than $1.4 million toward defense costs incurred by USA Gymnastics during investigations into sexual abuse by former team doctor Larry Nassar if it believed a lower court erred when it ordered the insurer to reimburse those legal fees.