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It has been nearly 50 years since Dave W. Brown, Jr., was on active duty in the U.S. Army, including in Vietnam. It also has been over a decade since Mr. Brown first sought disability compensation payments from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. Now, a decision in his favor by the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims suggests that his fight for those payments may soon be over.
The Fourth Circuit has rejected an insurance company's subrogation action against Amazon.com, Inc., finding that Amazon was not the seller of an allegedly defective product on its website and, therefore, that Amazon could not be held liable under Maryland products liability law.
The 11th Circuit has ruled that an insurer that issued a health care provider insurance policy to an unlicensed mental health counselor did not have to cover a lawsuit brought against the counselor alleging that his counseling led to the suicide of a 10-year-old.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has ruled that, under California law, there is no insurance coverage for a lawsuit alleging intentional conduct, even if the insured did not intend to cause injury.
West Virginia highest court has ruled that an insurer did not waive its policy's vacancy provision by continuing to renew the policy after it became aware, at the time of a vandalism claim, that the building was vacant.
The Second Circuit has affirmed a decision dismissing an insurance coverage action brought against an insurer by Connecticut homeowners who alleged that “water and oxygen infiltration” had damaged their concrete basement walls and other parts of their home.
A Texas court has rejected a homeowner's breach of contract suit against his insurer, concluding that the homeowner's late notice prejudiced the insurer but that even if it did not, his failure to segregate covered and non-covered losses required granting the insurer's summary judgment motion.
The Texas Department of Insurance has filed an action seeking to stop Georgia-based Aliera Healthcare from selling health insurance in Texas without a state license.
The Public Health Department of Austin, Texas, has released a report on the number of injuries sustained by riders of rentable dockless electric scooters during a three-month period last year.
A New York jury has rejected a lawsuit against a Long Island school district seeking damages after a woman claimed that she fell and was injured in a school parking lot.
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