Litigation

The agent, who pled guilty to the charges in 2021, kept more than $4.8 million in premium payments for his personal use.

A camera on the truck showed that the driver had 12-15 seconds of clear visibility of the stopped vehicle it collided with.

The appeals court remanded the case to a Dallas County district court to consider what other alleged losses resulted "directly from" Weaver's theft.

The majority wrote that the dissenting judges' determination 'would eviscerate the entire [Medical Marijuana Act].'

In light of the upcoming appeal, a federal judge in Camden, New Jersey, stayed proceedings in a separate business-interruption insurance case pending the outcome of the Supreme Court case.

"Here, Estep contends that his accident occurred while he was loading his car with luggage, which was part of a greater mission of returning home to Chesapeake with that luggage," Judge Frank K. Friedman wrote on behalf of the majority. "Simply put, transporting luggage is a valid and expected use of a vehicle, and one cannot transport the baggage without first packing the vehicle."

Class action settlements hit a five-year low by a wide margin this past year, according to Carlton Fields.

The W.Va. Supreme Court ruled that a circuit court erred in concluding that a policy's employer's liability exclusion was applicable in a wrongful death claim.