When a federal district court denies a motion to compel arbitration, the losing party has a statutory right to an interlocutory appeal. In the case of Coinbase, Inc. v. Bielski, 22-105 (June 23, 2023), the Supreme Court of the United States considered the sole question of whether the district court must stay its proceedings while the interlocutory appeal is ongoing.

Farmers Insurance has become the latest company to restrict new homeowner policies in California due to soaring inflation and a surge in severe weather events, which have escalated business expenses. The decision, effective as of July 3, applies to new policies only.

Three people were killed, and another was seriously injured after a single-vehicle crash that caused the car to burst into flames in the parking lot of an elementary school Saturday night in Murrieta, authorities announced.

A terrifying incident unfolded in Los Angeles County over the weekend as a major landslide caused the foundations of a dozen homes to shift, endangering the lives of residents and leaving the houses on the brink of collapse.

A California Court of Appeal decision in April could change the landscape for those defending bodily injury claims, potentially preventing defendants from obtaining the mental examinations that they are entitled to as a matter of law.

Citing a communicable disease coverage extension, a California state appeals court overturned a lower court Thursday and ruled that a restaurant group was entitled to insurance coverage from an Allianz SE unit for its COVID-19-related business interruption losses.

More than $950 million in lightning-caused U.S. homeowners insurance claims were paid out in 2022 to 62,000-plus policyholders, with $125 million of the total attributable to California alone, according to the Insurance Information Institute (Triple-I.).

As property insurers flee California, a state riven by billion-dollar wildfires, mudslides, and the ever-present threat of a catastrophic earthquake, state lawmakers on Wednesday will take up the complex but necessary issue of how to convince the carriers to stay.

A California jury has returned a $63 million verdict against Chevron after finding the oil giant covered up a toxic chemical pit on land purchased by a man who built a house on it and was later diagnosed with a blood cancer.

The idea has been floated for years, and it may seem straightforward enough: if gun owners were required to purchase liability insurance, proponents argue, they would have to follow safe practices to limit their financial and legal risk, thus reducing incidents of gun violence.

A Black former Tesla employee is seeking to expand his 2017 lawsuit against the automaker, alleging racial discrimination and a hostile work environment. Marcus Vaughn, the original plaintiff, has filed a request for class-action status, supported by sworn statements from nearly 240 other Black former workers and contractors.

State Farm, the largest home and auto insurer in the U.S., announced on Friday its decision to cease new home insurance sales in California, citing concerns over escalating wildfire risks and soaring construction costs.

The expected annual cost from earthquake damage for California is climbing sharply amid an increase in property values and better understanding of how soft soils could result in greater damage during shaking.

New research has revealed that hundreds of industrial sites along the California coastline, such as oil and gas refineries and sewage-treatment plants, could be severely affected by flooding from rising sea levels, in the event of worsening climate change.

On April 24, 2021, the United States Supreme Court issued a decision allowing lawsuits filed by municipalities seeking to hold oil companies accountable for harms caused by carbon emissions to move forward in state courts.