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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 …

9 05, 2023

7th Circuit: D&O Insurer Must Pay Settlement for Drugmaker’s Kickback Case

By | May 9th, 2023|Uncategorized|Comments Off on 7th Circuit: D&O Insurer Must Pay Settlement for Drugmaker’s Kickback Case

Federal Insurance Co. must pay the $10 million policy limit in a directors and officers policy issued to Astellas Pharma, despite the carrier’s assertion that Illinois public policy forbids it from reimbursing the drugmaker for the cost of settling allegations …

27 02, 2023

La. Judge Mulling Further Sanctions Against Hurricane Damage Law Firm

By | February 27th, 2023|Uncategorized|Comments Off on La. Judge Mulling Further Sanctions Against Hurricane Damage Law Firm

A federal judge in New Orleans has called owners of McClenny Moseley & Associates back into his courtroom again, this time to decide if the law firm should be sanctioned — and if so, how much — for making misrepresentations …

21 02, 2023

Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Accuses Hurricane Claim Law Firm of Fraud

By | February 21st, 2023|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Accuses Hurricane Claim Law Firm of Fraud

Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon announced Friday that his department issued a cease-and-desist order to McClenny, Moseley & Associates, a Houston-based law firm that filed more than 1,500 hurricane-damage lawsuits in the state — many which duplicated filings made by …

16 02, 2023

Houston Law Firm Paid Almost $14M for ‘Prescreened’ Client Leads

By | February 16th, 2023|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Houston Law Firm Paid Almost $14M for ‘Prescreened’ Client Leads

The McClenny Moseley law firm agreed to pay $3,000 to $3,500 in advance for each prospective client referred to it by a marketing firm, at a total cost of nearly $14 million, according to documents submitted this week to a …

15 02, 2023

Nebraska Supreme: Rental Car Customer Doesn’t Owe Avis for ‘Voluntary’ Payment

By | February 15th, 2023|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Nebraska Supreme: Rental Car Customer Doesn’t Owe Avis for ‘Voluntary’ Payment

No one threatened to sue Avis Rent a Car after Roynetta McDavid’s little sister borrowed her rental car without permission and smashed it into another vehicle. But a claims handler for the company paid three people who were hurt in …

3 02, 2023

Illinois Supreme Ct.: 5-Year Statute of Limitations Applies to Biometric Privacy Claims

By | February 3rd, 2023|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Illinois Supreme Ct.: 5-Year Statute of Limitations Applies to Biometric Privacy Claims

Plaintiffs have five years to file claims to allege violations of the Illinois Biometric Privacy Act, the state Supreme Court ruled Thursday, rejecting arguments by business advocates that a one-year statute of limitations should apply. In a 5-0 decision, the …