A federal district court has ruled that a victim of the Madoff Ponzi scheme could not recover from her insurer the $3.375 million she paid to settle claims brought by the Madoff bankruptcy trustee, or the nearly $800,000 in attorney's fees she spent in litigation with the trustee.
Sixty-five single-family homes were destroyed and 462 damaged by the flooding and mudslides that struck the city of Montecito Tuesday after the first winter storm to hit the region.
State Farm filed a court action seeking a declaration that its homeowner's policy didn't provide coverage for the students claims against the criminally prosecuted teacher.