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14 11, 2023

Ohio Court Revives Dog Bite Injury Claim Against Insurer Due to Ambiguous Policy Exclusion

By | November 14th, 2023|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Ohio Court Revives Dog Bite Injury Claim Against Insurer Due to Ambiguous Policy Exclusion

An Ohio appellate court revived a dog bite injury claim against an insurer after finding that the terms of an exclusion in the homeowners’ insurance policy, intended to bar coverage for dogs with a history of violence, may not have …

7 11, 2023

New York No-Fault Fraudster Pleads Guilty, Agrees to Pay $40M in Restitution

By | November 7th, 2023|Uncategorized|Comments Off on New York No-Fault Fraudster Pleads Guilty, Agrees to Pay $40M in Restitution

A man whom federal prosecutors in New York say was the mastermind behind a $40 million automobile insurance fraud scheme pleaded guilty on Friday to bribery, health care fraud and identify theft charges. Alexander Gulkarov, 37, owned medical clinics in …

25 10, 2023

Illinois Court Ruling Allows Zurich to Proceed With Subrogation Action in $3 million Builder’s Risk Claim

By | October 25th, 2023|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Illinois Court Ruling Allows Zurich to Proceed With Subrogation Action in $3 million Builder’s Risk Claim

Zurich American Insurance Co. may pursue a subrogation lawsuit against a subcontractor that it says forced it to pay a nearly $3 million builder’s risk claim by designing a defective stormwater detention system during construction of an academic building at …

4 08, 2023

WCRI: Inflation Not a Big Deal for Workers’ Comp, Yet

By | August 4th, 2023|Uncategorized|Comments Off on WCRI: Inflation Not a Big Deal for Workers’ Comp, Yet

While fast-rising prices in the past year drove up claim costs for auto and property insurers, inflation has been a more ho-hum affair for the workers’ compensation line and health care in general, according to a new report by the …

1 08, 2023

Michigan Supreme Court: No-Fault Changes Are Not Retroactive

By | August 1st, 2023|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Michigan Supreme Court: No-Fault Changes Are Not Retroactive

Amendments to Michigan’s no-fault law passed by the state legislature in 2019 do not allow auto insurers to cut fees or limit hours of attendant care provided to auto accident victims who were injured before the changes took effect, the …

13 07, 2023

5th Circuit Asks Texas Supreme Ct. if Attorney Fees Owed After Insurer Pays Appraisal Award

By | July 13th, 2023|Uncategorized|Comments Off on 5th Circuit Asks Texas Supreme Ct. if Attorney Fees Owed After Insurer Pays Appraisal Award

A federal appellate court, grappling with conflicting decisions from federal courts, is asking the Texas Supreme Court to decide whether attorney fees can be awarded to claimants when insurers pay appraisal awards plus interest owed because of the late payment. …

12 07, 2023

No Liability Coverage Owed for Investor Losses Caused by Blue Bell’s Listeria Outbreak

By | July 12th, 2023|Uncategorized|Comments Off on No Liability Coverage Owed for Investor Losses Caused by Blue Bell’s Listeria Outbreak

A 2015 Listeria outbreak linked to ice cream sold by Blue Bell Creameries hospitalized 10 people and killed three. While those injuries and deaths were certainly “bodily injuries,” a lawsuit filed by investors against Blue Bell’s board of directors for …

7 07, 2023

Appeals Panel Says CCC Software Does Not Violate Florida Law in Auto Claims

By | July 7th, 2023|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Appeals Panel Says CCC Software Does Not Violate Florida Law in Auto Claims

An insurer that used CCC Intelligent Solutions software to determine the payout for a claimant’s vehicle did not violate a Florida law that sets forth only three methods that auto insurers may use to determine actual cash value, a divided …

3 07, 2023

Anti-Stacking Provision Limits Liability Coverage for Fatal Illinois School Bus Crash

By | July 3rd, 2023|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Anti-Stacking Provision Limits Liability Coverage for Fatal Illinois School Bus Crash

An insurance policy that covered seven vehicles, each with a $1 million per-accident limit, doesn’t provide $7 million in liability coverage for a fatal crash that involved only one of the covered vehicles, an Illinois appellate court ruled Thursday. A …

19 05, 2023

Sanctions Continue to Pile Up for McClenny Moseley & Associates

By | May 19th, 2023|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Sanctions Continue to Pile Up for McClenny Moseley & Associates

Even though they have been suspended from the practice of law, attorneys with McClenny Moseley & Associates continue to rack up penalties as federal judges clean up a mess created by the law firm’s mass filing of hundreds of hurricane-damage …