An Ohio district court correctly granted a pharmaceutical distributor’s motion to remand to state court a case regarding whether its insurer must provide defense in ongoing opioid litigation, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit ruled. In a …
An insurer must defend an information technology company facing a pair of Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) lawsuits, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois said in a March 30 ruling. In Citizens Insurance Company of America …
Florida workers’ compensation rates are set to decline again as the National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI) has proposed a statewide rate decrease of 4.9% in the voluntary market. The rates would take effect Jan. 1, 2022 if approved by …
North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper has issued a State of Emergency in response to Tropical Storm Fred, which caused severe flood in the western part of the state. Approximately 30 people are currently in missing in Haywood County and water …
Former residents of the Surfside, Fla. collapsed condominium have filed a consolidated amended class action complaint against the building’s condo association. Plaintiffs allege that the Champlain Towers South Condominium Association breached its duty by neglecting to maintain, repair, and replace …
Three major U.S. drug distributors should be held responsible for sending a “tsunami” of prescription pain pills that caused a health crisis in one corner of West Virginia, an attorney for local governments said in closing arguments Tuesday in a …
The number of COVID-19 patients in Alabama hospitals Monday climbed to more than 900 _ a number the state has not seen since February _ as the state sees a surge in virus cases. There were 947 COVID-19 patients in …
Concerns about cybersecurity have led the state of Kentucky to extend its search for a company to modernize its pandemic-stressed unemployment insurance system, Gov. Andy Beshear’s administration said Wednesday. The need for additional safeguards against hackers means the state will …
Across Florida, people living in the thousands of condominiums rising above the state’s 1,350 miles of coastline wonder if the building collapse in Surfside could happen to their home as state and local officials discuss what they can do to …
Georgia Insurance Commissioner Jim Beck will go trial this week on charges that he swindled his former employer out of $2 million to pay personal bills and pump money into his 2018 campaign. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that jury selection …