The Supreme Court of Texas has ruled that an insurer's payment of an appraisal award barred the insured's breach of contract claim premised on failure to pay the amount of the covered loss and barred the insured's common law and statutory bad faith claims to the extent the only actual damages sought were lost policy benefits, but did not bar the insured's claim under the Texas Prompt Payment Act.

The Supreme Court of Washington has ruled that a first-party insurer, upon obtaining a partial recovery in a subrogation action, must reimburse its fault-free insureds for the full amount of their deductibles before any portion of the subrogation proceeds can be allocated to the insurer.

The Supreme Court of Vermont has reinstated a jury verdict in favor of a repair shop as assignee of customers insured by Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company.

Senator Kamala D. Harris has introduced legislation to expand Americans' access to pre-exposure prophylaxis (“PrEP”) medication.

A federal district court in Florida has remanded to state court an insured's action against his insurance carrier after finding that the insured's $111,000 settlement demand was insufficient to demonstrate that the amount in controversy exceeded $75,000.

The Supreme Court of Minnesota has ruled that the section of the state's Workers' Compensation Act barring reimbursement for a health care provider deemed to have provided excessive, unnecessary, or inappropriate services did not prohibit reimbursement under the No-Fault Act for a different provider that offered the same services.

A person arrested after burning an American flag near the 2016 Republican National Convention in Cleveland has settled his lawsuit against the city for $225,000.

At the request of the Federal Trade Commission, tens of thousands of consumers who bought medical discount plans from Simple Health Plans LLC will be notified that they do not currently have comprehensive health insurance.