Texas Supreme Ct. Reverses Sanctions, Finds Carrier Had Right to Medical Records in UIM Case November 21, 2023 By Jim Sams The Texas Supreme Court on Friday reversed a Dallas County judge’s decision to sanction an insurer for making an “overbroad”...
Ohio Law Applies in Insurance Dispute over Superfund Remediation Costs November 2, 2023 By Claims Journal staff Ohio law must be used to resolve an insurance dispute involving a polluted site in Michigan caused by manufacturing companies...
Viewpoint: AI, Cyber Top List of Complex Legal Professional Liability Claims to Watch August 1, 2023 By Jeffrey B. Yao The lawyers professional liability segment hasn’t been immune to increasing claims frequency and severity as growing economic challenges and an...
Ill. Supreme Ct. Clarifies Standard to Name Defendants in Malpractice Suits May 19, 2023 More than 40 years ago, the Illinois legislature sought to reduce the number of defendants in medical malpractice actions by...
Judge Sanctions Facebook, Lawyers for Bad-Faith Discovery Fight February 14, 2023 A federal judge in San Francisco ordered Facebook Inc. to pay $925,078.51 in sanctions for the “egregious conduct” of its...
J&J Says There’s ‘No Basis’ for Demands From Talc Claimants December 30, 2021 By Lauren Coleman-Lochner Johnson & Johnson disputed assertions that it was stalling and failing to cooperate in investigating claims related to its bankrupt...
Texas Supreme Court Rules ExxonMobil Entitled to Info About Medical Payments November 23, 2021 By Jim Sams Medical providers who treated patients injured by a fire and explosion at an ExxonMobil chemical plant near Houston must disclose...
11th Circuit: Discovery May Include Executives for Insurer Accused of Disability Discrimination June 22, 2021 By Jim Sams A woman pursuing a disability discrimination claim may depose senior executives at the insurance company that fired her, a federal...
Texas Supreme Ct. Approves Discovery for Documents Related to Medical Charges June 2, 2021 By Jim Sams The Texas Supreme Court ruled that a defendant in a personal-injury suit has a right to review documents regarding medical...
Insurers Question Claims Process in Boy Scouts Bankruptcy February 19, 2021 By Randall Chase DOVER, Del. (AP) — The judge presiding over the Boys Scout of America bankruptcy is weighing a request by insurance...