Legal Issues in Insurance
The legal and insurance industries share a unique relationship - one that works for and, at times, against each other. This collection of articles addresses key and emerging issues overlapping the law and insurance sectors.
July 21, 2020
Court dismisses COVID-19 'fear cases' against Princess CruisesThe plaintiffs did not test positive for the virus but sought to recover damages based solely on a fear of contracting COVID-19.
July 17, 2020
State Farm sidesteps attorney misconduct in injury lawsuitA Florida judge initially determined that State Farm's lawyers were guilty of misconduct. An appeals court has reversed that decision.
July 07, 2020
Insurer wins in one of the first U.S. COVID-19 coverage rulingsThe landmark ruling supports what insurers have argued since the start of the pandemic: COVID-19 does not cause 'physical damage.'
July 07, 2020
Insurers settled these cases for millionsMore and more juries are delivering 'nuclear verdicts' in cases against insurers.
June 29, 2020
TPAs can minimize the impact of nuclear verdicts in the trucking industryA nuclear verdict is typically defined as jury awards that exceed $10 million.
June 22, 2020
Florida lawyer accused of misconduct in insurance litigationThe complaint alleges a second attorney at a law firm 'betrayed his ethical obligations' to 'enrich himself at the clients' expense.'
June 12, 2020
Amazon's products liability case heads to Penn. Supreme CourtThe state's high court will weigh in on whether Amazon is strictly liable for a third-party vendor's defective product.
June 12, 2020
Most expensive premises liability verdictsThese cases involve serious injuries and incidents that occurred at a variety of properties, from a carnival to a drugstore parking lot.
June 11, 2020
Court revives bad faith suit against State Farm over wildfire damageThe decision is a blow to insurers who have relied on the so-called "genuine dispute" doctrine to knock out bad faith claims pretrial.
June 09, 2020
Willis Towers Watson faces lawsuits connected to Aon dealThe complaints allege that Willis issued a 'materially misleading proxy statement' to shareholders surrounding its proposed Aon merger.