Former National Football League player Sharrif K. Floyd, whose career ended after knee surgery, sued a Sompo International Holding Co. unit, a The Doctors Co. unit, Marsh USA Inc. and USI Insurance Services LLC, charging a $10 million shortfall in insurance proceeds.

In First Mercury Insurance Co. v. First Florida Building Corporation, 20-cv-1929 (M.D. Fla Jan. 3, 2023), the court rejected an insurer's bid to have evidence considered outside the underlying complaint concerning the claimant's employment status to determine the duty to defend. This underlying suit involves a personal injury claim where the claimant sustained severe injuries while working at a construction site.

A 2016 video that Tesla (TSLA.O) used to promote its self-driving technology was staged to show capabilities like stopping at a red light and accelerating at a green light that the system did not have, according to testimony by a senior engineer.

Effective January 1, 2023, new rules govern pre-suit time-limited settlement demands in California. Section 999, et seq. of the California Code of Civil Procedure governs time-limited settlement offers made to a tortfeasor with liability insurance for purposes of settling the claim within the limit of insurance.

Lawyers argued before the Texas Supreme Court on Monday over whether the state's power grid operator should be protected from lawsuits, a question that has become especially important after the deadly February 2021 freeze.

In 2022, class action lawsuits, which can create crises for companies and organizations, set new records for the amount of settlements in product liability, consumer fraud, antitrust, and other cases. The total value of the settlements exceeded $63 billion.

A federal judge recently told 3M that it may not use 'bad faith manipulation' to avoid its responsibility in a slew of cases against the multinational conglomerate for its allegedly defective earplugs.

In Yahoo Inc. v. National Union Fire Ins. Co. of Pittsburgh, the California Supreme Court applied established rules of policy interpretation and found that the definition of 'personal injury' in Yahoo's policy was ambiguous.

At least 60 cars were inside a high-end automotive garage that caught fire Tuesday morning, the Houston Fire Department said.

Last year, 56% of insurance companies planned to increase their staff within the next 12 months, per an Insurance Information Institute report.

According to a report from the Government Accountability Office, in 2021, American businesses and individuals were the targets of 26,074 cyber incidents, which resulted in almost $2.6 billion in economic loss.

Class action lawsuits have long been drivers of social inflation for insurers that provide product liability overage. But now a new legal vehicle, the 'mass tort,' looks to be waiting in the wings.

The owner of a Kentucky candle factory that was destroyed in a deadly tornado last year is facing another lawsuit from workers alleging they were threatened with termination if they left before the disaster struck.

Insurance groups argue that new laws in California and New Jersey that raise the minimum auto liability coverage required for drivers may cause price-sensitive consumers to drop their coverage.

An 18-year-old man is charged after the vehicle he was test driving veered off the road and slammed into an Elmhurst home on Monday, according to police.