
2 More Lawsuits Filed After Fatal Orange County Fireworks Warehouse Fire
Two more lawsuits have been filed against several companies, including SeaWorld Entertainment, for a December explosion and fire at an Orange County fireworks company’s warehouse that lead to the deaths of four people and one person being severely burned.
March 30, 2023
Liability
Litigation
Florida

More Relatives Of Colorado Shooting Victims Sue Gun-Maker Ruger
More relatives of people shot to death at a Colorado supermarket in 2021 are suing Connecticut-based gun-maker Sturm, Ruger & Co. over how it marketed the firearm used in the massacre, adding to litigation first filed earlier this month against the company.
March 28, 2023
Liability
Litigation
Connecticut

Making Indemnities Work
Businesses and individuals enter into indemnification or hold harmless agreements to protect one party of the transaction from the risks or liabilities created by the other party of the transaction.
March 24, 2023
Liability
Litigation

Faulty Transmission Lawsuit Against GM Certified As Class Action
A judge has granted class action certification to a lawsuit involving 39 plaintiffs across 26 states -- including Michigan -- that accuses General Motors of knowingly selling cars with faulty transmissions.
March 22, 2023
Auto
Liability
Litigation
Michigan

Ohio Sues Norfolk Southern Over Train Derailment In East Palestine
Ohio filed a lawsuit against railroad Norfolk Southern to make sure it pays for the cleanup and environmental damage caused by a fiery train derailment on the Ohio-Pennsylvania border last month, the state’s attorney general said Tuesday.
March 15, 2023
Excess & Surplus Lines
Liability
Litigation
Ohio

Proposed Class-Action Filed Against Signature Bank And Former Execs For Fraud
Signature Bank (SBNY.O) and three former top executives were sued on Tuesday by shareholders who accused the New York bank of fraudulently proclaiming it was financially strong a mere three days before it was seized by a state regulator.
March 15, 2023
Liability
Litigation
New York

Bad Faith If Insurer Refuses To Settle, Even If Policyholder Prevails At Trial
As a general rule, if a policyholder reasonably attempts to settle a case for an amount at or within the limits of its insurance policy, the insurance company must put the policyholder’s interests above its own.
March 13, 2023
Liability
Litigation

Coverage Challenges In CGL Insuring Agreements
This article discusses certain challenges found in the insuring agreements of the Insurance Services Office, Inc. (ISO), commercial general liability (CGL) policy (April 2013 edition).
March 3, 2023
Liability

Marriott, Michael Irvin Spar Over Defamation Suit
Pro Football Hall of Famer Michael Irvin and hotel chain Marriott International continue their legal battle following an incident during Super Bowl week in Phoenix.
Marriott previously filed a motion asking a federal judge to dismiss Irvin’s $100 million defamation lawsuit and Tuesday asked a judge to deny Irvin’s request for expedited release of hotel video footage.
March 2, 2023
Liability
Litigation
Arizona
Marriott previously filed a motion asking a federal judge to dismiss Irvin’s $100 million defamation lawsuit and Tuesday asked a judge to deny Irvin’s request for expedited release of hotel video footage.

Supreme Court Retreats From Deciding Liability Immunity For Social Media Content
In its first case about the federal law that is credited with helping create the modern internet, the Supreme Court seemed unlikely Tuesday to side with a family wanting to hold Google liable for the death of their daughter in a terrorist attack.
February 24, 2023
Liability

Trends In Class-Action Litigation
On Oct. 12, 2022, the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA), a state law that restricts collection of biometric data, made headlines again when a Chicago jury rendered a $228 million judgment against BNSF Railway Co. in the first BIPA class action to go to trial.
February 24, 2023
Liability
Litigation

Lawsuits Stacking Up Against Norfolk Southern Over Train Derailment And Chemicals Released
Norfolk Southern Railway and Norfolk Southern Corp. are facing multiple lawsuits, including class-action suits seeking over $5 million in damages, following a train derailment and release of toxic chemicals in East Palestine, Ohio, on February 3.
February 23, 2023
Liability
Litigation
Ohio

Trends in Class-Action Litigation
On Oct. 12, 2022, the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA), a state law that restricts collection of biometric data, made headlines again when a Chicago jury rendered a $228 million judgment against BNSF Railway Co. in the first BIPA class action to go to trial.
February 20, 2023
Liability
Litigation
Technology

CMS Moves Forward With Hefty Civil Monetary Penalties For Noncompliance
Primary workers’ compensation, general liability, and no-fault claims payers should be on alert for civil monetary penalties of up to $1,000 per day, per claim, which will be issued against noncompliant claims payers beginning spring 2023.
February 9, 2023
Auto
Legislation & Regulation
Liability
Workers' Compensation

Courts Rule On Additional Insured Endorsements And Vicarious Liability
Since the advent of the modern Insurance Services Office, Inc. (ISO), standard additional insured (AI) endorsement in the early 2000s, many insurance companies have advocated for an exceedingly narrow application, arguing that coverage is available only for the AI’s vicarious liability for the named insured’s acts or omissions.
February 8, 2023
Liability
Litigation



