Expert Analysis

California Supreme Court's Year In Review

Attorneys at Horvitz & Levy highlight notable decisions on major questions from the California Supreme Court's las... (more story)

How D&O Coverage Can Aid Against Increased AI Scrutiny

The recent increase in regulatory enforcement and securities class actions stemming from corporate use of artifici... (more story)

8 Tech Tips For Stress-Free Remote Depositions

Court reporter Kelly D’Amico shares practical strategies for attorneys to conduct remote depositions with ease and... (more story)

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Zurich Defeats Burlington's $750M COVID-19 Coverage Suit

Zurich American has permanently defeated Burlington Stores' COVID-19 pandemic coverage suit after a New Jersey federal judge said the retailer's attempt to use "clever semantics to avoid dismissal" failed to d... (more story)

Virgin Islands Mall, Lloyd's End $6M Spat Over July 4 Fire

The owner of a historic marketplace in the U.S. Virgin Islands, which accused certain underwriters at Lloyd's of London of denying more than $6 million in claims after an Independence Day fire, agreed to drop ... (more story)

United Fire & Casualty Co. sued Keller Advertising and Media Services Inc. in December 2022 for negligence and breach of contract, claiming the company’s service work for Friedhelm’s Bavarian Inn led to a fire.
Insurer Settles $1.7M Fluorescent Sign Fire Damage Suit

United Fire & Casualty Co. reached a settlement in its $1.7 million suit against a Texas sign-making company, resolving its bid to recover funds paid to a bed and breakfast after a fluorescent sign caught fire... (more story)

New Orleans Property Owner Revives Bid To Nix Arbitration

A New Orleans property owner has again urged a Louisiana federal judge to overturn his order forcing it to arbitrate a $7 million Hurricane Ida damage claim with 11 insurers for a block of luxury apartments an... (more story)

Geico, Travelers To Pay NY $11.3M To Settle Data Security Row

New York's financial services regulator and attorney general revealed Monday that they've hit Geico and Travelers with $11.3 million in penalties for the auto insurers' alleged failure to adequately secure dri... (more story)

9th Circ. Upholds Nixing Convention Center's Coverage Suit

The Ninth Circuit backed the dismissal of a Seattle convention center operator's suit seeking coverage for pandemic-related losses, saying Monday that COVID-19 and resulting government shutdown orders did not ... (more story)

Insurer Says Property Co. On Hook For $250K Cyber Theft

An insurer for a Washington condominium association told a federal court that a property management services company must reimburse the carrier for nearly $250,000 its insured lost after cybercriminals alleged... (more story)

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Insurer Says Telecom Co. Can't Ax Marshall Fire Coverage Suit

Liberty Mutual urged a Colorado federal court to allow it to proceed with a lawsuit against a Lumen Technologies subsidiary over coverage for underlying litigation linking the 2021 Marshall Fire to an unmoored... (more story)

Motor Carrier Must Cover $6.7M Jet Engine Loss, Co. Says

A transportation company has told a Connecticut federal court that a subcontractor hired to transport a jet engine that was damaged en route to Alabama must defend and indemnify the company in an insurer's sui... (more story)

No Coverage For Drywall Co. In Murder Suit, Insurer Says

An insurer said it has no duty to defend or indemnify a drywall company accused of negligently hiring a man who murdered a house cleaner in a home he was working on in Galveston County, telling a Texas federal... (more story)

Tort Report: Fla. Jury Delivers $141.5M Trucking Crash Verdict

A pending Pennsylvania Supreme Court case over Uber's so-called click-through arbitration agreements and a $141.5 million trucking crash verdict out of Florida lead Law360's Tort Report, which compiles recent ... (more story)

CGL Carrier Seeks $1.2M In Inter-Insurer Injury Dispute

A general liability insurer told a Michigan federal court that a professional liability insurer owes $1.2 million toward a $1.5 million settlement reached in an underlying lawsuit involving their mutual insure... (more story)

7th Circ. Says Insurer Must Defend $3.4M Faulty Work Row

An architectural design firm's commercial general liability insurer must defend it and its owner against faulty work claims seeking more than $3.4 million in damages, the Seventh Circuit ruled, after the Illin... (more story)

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Consulting Firm Says Insurer On Hook For $7.6M Deal

A consulting firm told an Illinois federal court that its insurer must reimburse it for a $7.6 million settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice relating to a lawsuit accusing the firm of allowing persona... (more story)

Burger King Franchisee Can Tap AIG For BIPA Suit, Eventually

An Illinois federal judge ruled Tuesday that an AIG subsidiary has a duty to defend a Burger King franchisee in a suit brought by employees claiming its timekeeping practices violated Illinois' biometric priva... (more story)

OpenText argues that Wesco’s coverage suit contains few allegations concerning it and that none of those allegations are sufficient to state a claim against it. (Rafael Henrique/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)
OpenText Wants Out Of Class Action Coverage Suit

OpenText told a Michigan federal court it should be dismissed from an insurer's suit seeking to avoid coverage of a class action from former Covisint shareholders alleging an unfair merger, saying it's not inv... (more story)

Lender Seeks $1M Limit After Broker's Claim Notice Mistake

A lender assigned insurance rights by an underlying defendant as part of a $1 million settlement told a Florida federal court that it is still owed the defendant's $1 million limit even though the defendant's ... (more story)

Co. Seeks $4.4M In Bad Faith Damages Over Developer Row

A collections company that was assigned insurance rights as part of settled, underlying litigation concerning a real estate development in Washington state told a federal court it's entitled to over $4.4 milli... (more story)

Construction Co. Seeks Coverage For $1.9M Email Spoof

A construction company told an Alaska federal court that a Travelers unit acted in bad faith by refusing to provide directors and officers coverage for an email spoofing scheme that caused the company to wire ... (more story)

Chemical Co.'s PFAS Coverage Suit In SC Gets Tossed

A South Carolina federal court tossed BASF Corp.'s suit seeking coverage for thousands of underlying allegations that the chemical manufacturer's firefighting foam caused pollution and injury, finding Friday t... (more story)