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A federal district court in New Jersey has dismissed a lawsuit filed by the Consolidated Rail Corporation seeking insurance coverage for costs it incurred after a train derailment.
A federal district court in Pennsylvania has dismissed a homeowner's bad faith claim against her insurer, finding that it failed to meet either part of the two-prong test for a facially plausible claim for bad faith.
An emergency medical technician in New York has recovered $1.5 million after being injured while riding in an ambulance that was involved in an accident at an intersection.
An appellate court in New Jersey has ruled that a property manager was not entitled to additional insured coverage under a tenant's insurance policy where it was not named as an additional insured and where it did not perform services on the tenant's behalf.
The Supreme Court of Rhode Island has ruled that the federal Graves Amendment preempts Rhode Island law allowing a party injured in a motor vehicle accident to recover from the title owner of a vehicle based on the owner's vicarious liability for the negligence of the driver.
A Delaware court has ruled that exclusions in an automobile insurance policy that purported to eliminate or limit underinsured motor vehicle benefits were invalid.
The Rhode Island Supreme Court has ruled that a general contractor was not entitled to additional insured coverage under a commercial general liability insurance policy obtained by a subcontractor with respect to a lawsuit filed against the general contractor by the subcontractor's employee where the lawsuit only alleged negligence by the general contractor.
The Supreme Court of Delaware has affirmed a trial court's decision denying personal injury protection benefits to a bicyclist injured in a collision with a car.
A New York court has ruled that a mother's lawsuit against the father of her 14-year-old son, which she filed after her son died while illegally working for his father, was barred by the exclusive remedy provisions of the workers' compensation law.
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