In a significant development, Attorney General Dana Nessel announced on Monday that a plastics manufacturing company has agreed to address the PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances) pollution at the site of its former facility. This marks the first settlement resulting from a series of PFAS lawsuits filed by Nessel in 2020.
State Farm is facing a class action lawsuit for allegedly failing to foot the bill for the repair of high value luxury vehicles. The lawsuit, filed in Broward County, Florida on May 18, stems from the insurer’s ‘systemic and wrongful practice of refusing to pay for the proper and necessary collision repairs of its insureds’ high-value, luxury automobiles, in accordance with policy terms.’
Where an insured does not fulfill his or her contractual duty to provide prompt notice and an insurer claims it was prejudiced as a result, Florida courts apply a two-step analysis to determine the impact of the notice.
Ten states and dozens of municipalities are suing the Biden administration over rate hikes in the National Flood Insurance Program. That program offers coverage in high-risk flood areas and is administered by FEMA, the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
Amazon has agreed to pay fines exceeding $30 million to settle allegations of privacy violations involving its voice assistant Alexa and doorbell camera Ring, as detailed in federal filings. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has filed two separate lawsuits against the tech giant, accusing it of privacy law violations.
In a significant move to protect the environment and public health, Attorney General Anthony G. Brown has announced the filing of two lawsuits on behalf of the State of Maryland.
On March 24, 2023, Florida passed a sweeping tort reform bill into law, making major changes to civil litigation in the state. In anticipation of the Governor signing the bill into law, the number of new cases initiated throughout the state in March 2023 was 280,122. Of that amount, 71,000 came from Miami-Dade County (Miami) and 53,000 from Hillsborough County (Tampa). These numbers are staggering.
A jury seated in South Bend sent a $112 million message to the insurance industry. That’s how much seven sued companies will have to pay in damages for refusing to pay claims.
Houston law firm McClenny Moseley and Associates has been accused of a litany of questionable, and potentially illegal, practices in recent months. Now, a group of former employees of an estimating company say their former employers likely conspired with the firm to hike up the value of Hurricane Ida claims by exaggerating damages.
CLM’s Transportation Community regularly gathers claims, risk, and legal experts in the transportation field to discuss trends in the industry. In this edition, moderator James Foster leads a discussion on pre-suit strategies, what to look for in independent adjusters, and how to select the best defense counsel and expert witnesses.
In a February 15, 2023 decision in Twigg v. Admiral Insurance Company, the Oregon Court of Appeals held that an insurance company was not required to indemnify its insured based on a claim for breach of a repair agreement that settled underlying construction defect claims.
Attorneys general from almost every state in the U.S. filed a lawsuit Tuesday against Avid Telecom, a company accused of making more than 7.5 billion robocalls to people on the National Do Not Call Registry.
Resolution at mediation can be a challenge for anyone in the industry, but it can be especially difficult for young professionals during their initial mediation sessions as they learn which techniques are successful and which ones lead to impasses.
Attorneys representing workers who suffered from various illnesses after participating in the cleanup of a major coal ash spill in Tennessee have announced a settlement with the contractor responsible for organizing the cleanup on behalf of the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA). The resolution marks a significant development in the long-standing lawsuit stemming from the Kingston ash spill site cleanup.
Ten Democratic state senators introduced on May 9 Michigan Senate Bill 329, which if adopted, would dramatically reshape the adjusting process in first- and third- party auto claims.
