The most viewed headlines from our Liability Topic Page over the last year.
Dec 2 2025 // He was not covered by workers’ compensation insurance. But his course and scope of employment was enough for an employer’s liability insurance exclusion to apply, said the U.S. 11th Circuit Court of Appeals,...
May 23 2025 // Owners of dangerous dogs in Florida will soon have to secure at least $100,000 in liability insurance coverage after the governor signed House Bill 593 into law this week.Also known as the Pam Rock Act after a mail carrier...
Jan 15 2025 // This year, the minimum automobile liability coverage requirements in North Carolina will jump to 50/100/50, among the highest minimums in the country.The change is the result of Senate Bill 452, approved in 2023 and which...
Apr 28 2025 // Dog and other pet owners and insurers in New York are now exposed to increased risk of liability in the wake of a Court of Appeals ruling that allows an injured party to bring an ordinary negligence claim against a...
Sep 22 2025 // Commercial auto has been a dark cloud hanging over the U.S. property/casualty industry for more than a dozen years—and things are getting worse.For the 14th consecutive year, commercial auto has posted an underwriting...
Apr 28 2025 // A Vermont Superior Court has approved a state takeover and rehabilitation plan for a medical professional liability insurer for 1,300 physicians that the state says is in hazardous financial condition as a result of a...
Mar 7 2025 // The South Carolina House of Representatives voted 109-0 Thursday in favor of a bill that would end joint-and-several liability for bars and restaurants and would incentivize additional alcohol-server training, an effort to...
Feb 6 2025 // Georgia’s governor has asked state lawmakers for $175 million to cover the growing costs of liability claims against state agencies and employees, as the state’s liability insurance fund has dwindled to a...
May 5 2025 // The 2025 presidential administration is likely to lead to changes for the healthcare liability landscape.Potential deregulation initiatives could ease administrative burdens on providers and improve efficiency; however,...
Jun 25 2025 // The professionalization of college sports has prompted concern among team physicians that they will be exposed to a greater risk of being sued by athletes who claim a poor outcome from treatment caused them to lose future...
May 7 2025 // With just two days left in South Carolina’s 2025 legislative session, House and Senate negotiators appear to have reached a compromise on a plan to ease liquor liability costs for struggling bars and...
Jul 18 2025 // Excessive litigation and abuse of the U.S. legal system are effectively imposing a tax on the U.S. economy and causing a surge in liability insurance costs, according to John Doyle, president and chief executive officer of...
Dec 1 2025 // Nuclear verdicts in product liability suits are on the rise. But manufacturers and their insurance companies can take multiple steps to prevent and defend against large jury verdicts, insurance and legal experts said at a...
Jun 23 2025 // Faced with mounting lawsuits over a popular pistol, New Hampshire-based Sig Sauer asked for — and got — protection in the form of a new state law that makes it harder to take the gunmaker to court.Supporters in the...
Aug 4 2025 // In urban centers across the U.S., property owners and managers are welcoming a return to pre-2020 levels of foot traffic in retail corridors, mixed-use developments, and multifamily buildings. While this rebound signals a...
Feb 6 2025 // Uber Technologies “is not an insurer” and so when one of its drivers assaults a rider, the ride-hailing company is “not automatically liable,” a federal judge in Philadelphia wrote in dismissing...
Feb 5 2025 // Special insurer Markel said it is realigning its U.S. professional liability products into four pillars: management liability, errors & omissions (E&O), cyber, and financial institutions.“After careful...
Sep 9 2025 // A $21 million jury verdict against Vail Resorts for a paralyzing ski lift fall shows that liability waivers — those documents often written in legalese that people must sign before taking part in an activity—...
Apr 1 2025 // The fate of a bill that would modify South Carolina’s joint-and-several liability law now rests with the state House of Representatives after the state Senate last week approved the measure following weeks of heated...
Apr 10 2025 // A 911 dispatch center is not necessarily part of a county’s emergency services department and is not covered by a secondary liability insurance policy, a federal appeals court found this week in a decision that will...