An $11 million settlement has been reached in federal lawsuits over police gunfire outside a high school football game near Philadelphia in 2021 that killed an 8-year-old girl and wounded others, an attorney for the girl`s family said. Attorney Michael …
The poorly executed handoff of a claims file from a retiring claims adjuster to his replacement may have made USAA liable for a $5.2 million excess judgment. A panel of the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday reversed a …
An auto insurance policy that includes coverage for both uninsured and underinsured motorists does not require the insurer to pay the policy limits twice, the Virginia Supreme Court ruled. The high court reversed a ruling by a Richmond city judge …
Auto insurance carriers must pay uninsured motorist benefits to insureds who are injured by motor vehicles while walking or bicycling, even if their policies explicitly provide coverage only to occupants of insured automobiles, an Illinois Appellate Court panel ruled. The …
A claims adjuster’s sub-standard investigation of a potential fatal accident claim does not warrant a multi-million award of damages against an insurer that issued a policy with a $25,000 limit, the Kansas Court of Appeals ruled. An appellate panel on …
In March 2019, a fire damaged Craig and Katie Shaw’s house outside the hamlet of Adams in rural southern Minnesota. Two months later—before the Shaws made repairs—a second fire burned the house to the ground. Farm Bureau Property & Casualty …
The holidays — parties, family, and the spirit of giving. Some personal injury plaintiff’s attorneys really get into the spirit, hoping to receive the gift of “open” policy limits and unlimited injury recoveries by making short-fused settlement demands, that are …
A provision in State Farm auto policies that limits payouts for uninsured motorist claims to the maximum amount allowed by a single policy cannot be enforced because it does not comply with state law, the Oregon Supreme Court ruled on …
Unless fraud or bad faith is involved, no policyholder should be expected to justify its reasons for making payments to settle litigation as a condition for making a claim under an excess insurance policy, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals …
For the second time, a federal appellate court reversed a trial judge’s finding that a policy issued by a unit of American International Group did not limit coverage for a 2011 flood that forced the company to shut down an …