Litigation

The state bill also would create an avenue for insurers to recover claims payouts from fossil fuel producers.

Lawyers for the victims are pursuing different strategies in the courts based on what state law will allow.

The deadline for class members to file a claim is February 18.

Plaintiff's counsel: "At a certain point, you've got to go all the way, or [insurers] are never going to learn."

Social inflation, rising settlement costs and nuclear verdicts have fundamentally reshaped insurance claims.

Liberty Mutual and Great American argued the claim is invalid because there is “no loss to begin with.”