By Adolfo Pesquera | January 17, 2024
Writing for the panel, Fifth Circuit Judge James E. Graves Jr. said the court must determine whether the five categories of costs were losses incurred solely as a result of the system failure.
Connecticut Law Tribune | News
By Emily Cousins | January 17, 2024
The proposed class encompasses Hartford Insurance policyholders in New Jersey who submitted claims between Dec. 23, 2015, and Nov. 29, 2023, and those insured by Twin City in Missouri between July 22, 2013, and Nov. 29, 2013.
The Legal Intelligencer | News
By Amanda O'Brien | January 16, 2024
"We've opened offices where our clients are complaining about nuclear verdicts," said firm founder Robert Tyson.
By Alex Anteau | January 11, 2024
"You've got to be careful, because some of these folks might think you're insulting their intelligence when a lawyer from a larger city comes in and tells them this is what they ought to do," said plaintiff counsel Mitchell Shook.
The Legal Intelligencer | News
By Amanda O'Brien | January 11, 2024
Pittsburgh-based shareholder James Newell will take over from Philadelphia-based Joe Dougherty in May.
By Charles Toutant | January 10, 2024
"Going forward, that there's a remedy for bad faith, and that keeps everyone honest in the uninsured, underinsured benefits context. I think that is a success," attorney Oliver T. Barry said.
By Adolfo Pesquera | January 10, 2024
The way USAA claims the statute works is that the trigger for criminal liability and the deprivation of property rights is the filing of the Owner Retained Report with the DMV, Letot's attorney Anne Johnson said.
By Alex Anteau | January 10, 2024
"I suspect [the defendant] implored [the insurer] to accept [our] offers," plaintiff's counsel said. "But it seems to us like [the insurer's] business model is to routinely deny coverage, even in cases where coverage exists."
Connecticut Law Tribune | News
By Emily Cousins | January 9, 2024
"The legislative history strongly evinces the legislature's will to extinguish the authority of commissioners to award such benefits upon a claimant's having reached permanency status, [and] we concur with the board's reasonable interpretation of the statute," the appeals court said.
Daily Report Online | Analysis
By Alex Anteau | January 5, 2024
"[Our recent settlement's] a good example of what Alston & Bird v. Hatcher Management Holdings allowed that we can no longer do," plaintiff attorney Mike Rafi said. "Something like this will almost certainly never happen again because of the way the law changed."
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