A teen injured in a car wreck is entitled to underinsured motorist coverage (UIM) under her father’s business auto policy even though the vehicle she was riding in was not a listed vehicle on the policy, according to a decision …
The state Court of Appeals has upheld $10 million in punitive damages for the family and estate of an Albuquerque man killed by a drunken driver in 2003. The court ruled Tuesday there was enough evidence to support the damages …
New York’s top court has rejected some malpractice damage claims against defense lawyers by the people they represent unsuccessfully, concluding that allowing them could have “devastating consequences” for the criminal justice system. The Court of Appeals unanimously says allowing damages …
The North Carolina Court of Appeals has upheld a decision awarding workers’ compensation to a middle school principal shot in the face in 2009. The court ruled Tuesday that former Fairmont Middle School Principal James Hunt’s injuries were work-related. Hunt …
The North Carolina Court of Appeals has waded into a legal tussle over the wrongful death of a Jack Russell terrier. Nancy and Herb Shera of Wilmington sued North Carolina State University’s College of Veterinary Medicine in 2009, seeking more …
Enforcement by the state attorney general against securities fraud doesn’t pre-empt private common-law claims of negligence against investment companies, New York’s top court ruled Tuesday. The Court of Appeals rejected J.P. Morgan Investment Management’s argument that New York’s Martin Act …
New York’s top court says Canada’s limit on damages for pain and suffering applies to claims against the Canadian charter bus company and driver deemed 90 percent liable for the 2005 crash that killed three passengers traveling with an Ontario …
The Minnesota Court of Appeals says Duluth-based Cirrus Design did not have a duty to provide pilot training to a Grand Rapids man whose plane crashed in 2003, killing him and his passenger. The opinion published Tuesday essentially vacates a …
Damages and injuries from Chinese drywall fall under a pollution exclusion endorsement on a commercial general liability policy (CGL) and an insurance company has no duty to defend its insured homebuilder against such claims, a federal court in Florida has …