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Transparency Is Key for Insurance Agents Handling Coronavirus Claims

May 6 2020 // Business interruption insurance has been a much-debated topic during the coronavirus crisis, with some businesses already pushing back against virus-related claim denials.In several cities, groups of businesses have filed...

Legal Sea Foods Restaurant Sues Over Business Losses Under Policy Issued March 1

May 6 2020 // A popular seafood restaurant chain that has been shuttered by the coronavirus and restrictions on dining has gone to court to get its insurer to pay for its business interruption losses. It believes its insurer is...

Alabama High Court Rejects Motorist Lawsuits Challenging Traffic Camera Tickets

May 6 2020 // The Alabama Supreme Court on Friday upheld the dismissal of lawsuits challenging the use of traffic cameras to ticket motorists. The lawsuits were filed by motorists who received tickets from traffic cameras in Midfield,...

California Attorney General and City Attorneys Sue Uber, Lyft for Worker Misclassification

May 5 2020 // California Attorney General Xavier Becerra and the city attorneys of Los Angeles, San Diego, and San Francisco, on Tuesday sued Uber and Lyft for misclassifying their drivers as independent contractors in violation of the...

Oklahoma AG Refiles Litigation Against Opioid Distributors

May 5 2020 // Oklahoma Attorney General Mike Hunter has refiled lawsuits against three opioid distributors in one of the state’s counties hit hardest by the opioid epidemic.The litigation previously filed as one case in Cleveland...

Students Sue Universities in North Carolina for Tuition Reimbursement

May 5 2020 // College students in North Carolina are suing universities in hopes of getting reimbursements for tuition and fees after campuses shut down and moved classes online during the coronavirus pandemic.The Raleigh News &...

Pilot Sues Colorado Hotel Over Dismissed Exposure Charge

May 4 2020 // A United Airlines pilot whose charge of indecent exposure was dismissed sued the Denver, Colo. airport hotel where his arrest occurred.An attorney for Andrew Collins filed the lawsuit against The Westin Denver...

Man Beaten in L.A. Dodgers Parking Lot Sues Team for Negligence

May 4 2020 // The Los Angeles Dodgers are being sued for negligence by a man who was attacked in the parking lot of Dodger Stadium and left with brain damage, his lawyers announced last month.The lawsuit, filed by Rafael Reyna and his...

Mississippi Gov Supports Lawsuit Protection for Businesses that Reopen

May 1 2020 // Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves said Wednesday that he will ask state lawmakers to provide legal protection for businesses that might be sued if they reopen and customers or employees become ill with COVID-19.“I am...

CEO Musk Replaces Tesla’s D&O Policy with ‘Personal Coverage’

May 1 2020 // Tesla founder and CEO Elon Musk is getting into the insurance business again, sort of.Musk has cancelled his company’s directors and officers insurance (D&O), replacing it with a promise to personally provide his...

Wisconsin High Court Won’t Let Unions Join Suit Against Stay-at-Home Order

Apr 30 2020 // The Wisconsin Supreme Court on April 28 refused a request by several labor unions to help defend Democratic Gov. Tony Evers’ stay-at-home order from a Republican effort to overturn it.The order, which was issued by...

Oklahoma Drilling Contractor to Pay $650K in Age, Disability Discrimination Suit

Apr 30 2020 // An Oklahoma-based oil and gas drilling contractor will pay $650,000 to settle a federal age and disability discrimination lawsuit.The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) said Horizontal Well Drillers LLC...

How Cruise Ticket Legal Language May Foil Class Action Suits

Apr 30 2020 // After two passengers on their luxury cruise tested positive for Covid-19 in March, Emilio and Barbara Hernandez were so frantic to get off the ship, they wrote a note to the captain.The Costa Luminosa sailed on with them...

Top Insurers Face Lawsuit from UK Hospitality Sector on Rejected Biz Interruption Claims

Apr 30 2020 // Top insurers such as AXA, RSA, QBE and Zurich face a potential multi-million-pound lawsuit from British pubs, hotels, restaurants and leisure groups, who allege that legitimate business interruption claims have been...

Consumer Groups Oppose Immunity for Businesses From Coronavirus Lawsuits

Apr 30 2020 // U.S. consumer advocates are urging Congress to resist growing demands by companies for protections from coronavirus-related lawsuits as states start to ease pandemic restrictions and businesses begin to reopen.Led by...

Company Settles Texas Disability Accommodation Suit for $66K

Apr 29 2020 // Assisted Living Concepts LLC, doing business as Enlivant, a national owner and operator of senior living facilities, has settled a federal disability discrimination lawsuit related to a facility in Dallas, Texas.The...

Cruise Ship Passengers Seeking COVID-19 Class Action Suits Face Uphill Legal Battle

Apr 29 2020 // After two passengers on their luxury cruise tested positive for Covid-19 in March, Emilio and Barbara Hernandez were so frantic to get off the ship, they wrote a note to the captain.The Costa Luminosa sailed on with them...

Pilot Sues Colorado Hotel Over Dismissed Exposure Charge

Apr 28 2020 // A United Airlines pilot whose charge of indecent exposure was dismissed sued the Denver, Colo. airport hotel where his arrest occurred.An attorney for Andrew Collins filed the lawsuit against The Westin Denver...

Talcum Lawsuits Against J&J Can Proceed with Testimony Limits

Apr 28 2020 // Thousands of plaintiffs who say that Johnson & Johnson’s baby powder and talc products caused cancer can go forward with their claims, but face limits on what expert testimony will be allowed in trials after a...

Texas Attorney General Sues to Halt Deceptive Insurance Marketer

Apr 27 2020 // A robocalling company attempting to sell fraudulent and deceptive health insurance plans has been sued by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton for alleged violations of the Texas No Call Act and the Texas Deceptive Trade...