A federal appeals court on Thursday reinstated litigation filed against an emergency physician practice by a former worker who charged the company with violating federal law for perusing her personal emails.<br /><br />Amanda Carson, a physician’s assistant, worked at Greenville, South Carolina-based EmergencyMD LLC as an independent contractor from February 2014 until May 2017, according to the ruling by the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond, Virginia, in Amanda Carson v. EmergencyMD LLC et. al.<br /><br />In accepting the position, she agreed to be bound by company policies, including its electronic communications policy, the ruling said.
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.
Four days after a fiery train derailment in East Palestine, a local couple and a business owner have filed a class action suit seeking damages from Norfolk and Southern Railroad.
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Florida’s Third District Court of Appeal recently affirmed a summary judgment entered in favor of a property insurer, holding that there is no conflict between the policy’s three year limitation for reporting hurricane claims and the requirement that the insured give prompt notice.
A commercial property policy extension granting coverage for an ‘influx of water derived from natural sources’ trumps a policy’s broad form flood exclusion, Alberta’s Appeal Court has found in a 2-1 split decision.
The Illinois Supreme Court issued a much-anticipated opinion in Tims v. Black Horse Carriers, Inc., 2023 IL 127801 on February 2, 2023. Tims settles -- once and for all -- the burning question of which statute of limitations applies to claims advanced under the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (‘BIPA’).
Nothing is more pervasive in California’s Capitol than what have been dubbed ‘tort wars’ -- skirmishes over rules governing personal injury lawsuits. No session of the Legislature is complete without at least one clash over who can sue whom for what act and collect damages that can potentially reach hundreds of millions of dollars.
Counsel for a Western Pennsylvania woman who suffered third-degree burns over 70% of her body in a motor vehicle crash over two years ago, has refuted denials of liability from two of the defendants named in the subsequent litigation.
A Pennsylvania appellate court has struck down a $5.59 million jury award for a former roofer who suffered catastrophic spinal injuries after falling 20 feet through an unmarked hole in a roof.
All settlements require claims professionals and retained counsel to make an offer, many times multiple offers. A well-thought-out and constructed offer could cut down on additional litigation expenses if it brings the parties to a meaningful settlement discussion.
Losses arising from email scams are usually covered, if at all, under a company’s crime policy. But a recent decision from The District Court in Minnesota suggests that recourse may also be found under an insured’s cyber or business interruption coverage.
The City of Seattle filed a lawsuit against automakers Kia and Hyundai this week, saying they disregarded public safety for profitability by failing to install immobilizers on their cars.
A federal appellate court on Monday rejected Johnson & Johnson’s attempt to shed its baby powder liabilities by transferring them to a subsidiary and placing that subsidiary in bankruptcy.
The Missouri Supreme Court ruled unanimously to overturn a lower court’s ruling and held that GEICO should have had a chance to weigh in sooner on the case, and sent the case back to the lower court for further discussion.
