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30 11, 2023

State Supreme Court Upholds Attorney Fees in Tennessee Workers’ Comp Case

By | November 30th, 2023|Uncategorized|Comments Off on State Supreme Court Upholds Attorney Fees in Tennessee Workers’ Comp Case

In what could be seen as a rare win for the claimants’ bar in Tennessee, the state Supreme Court upheld a $50,500 award of attorney fees, an amount that is almost double the workers’ compensation benefits paid to the injured …

1 12, 2023

U.S. Senate Committee Wants Investigation into Florida Citizens’ Loss Reserves

By | December 1st, 2023|Uncategorized|Comments Off on U.S. Senate Committee Wants Investigation into Florida Citizens’ Loss Reserves

The chairman of the U.S. Senate’s Budget Committee has begun an investigation into Florida’s Citizens Property Insurance Corp. and how the state-created insurer plans to address potential underwriting losses from extreme weather events in coming years. The Budget Committee is …

17 11, 2023

Mom Not Liable in Son’s Crash of Family Car, Florida Supreme Court Says

By | November 17th, 2023|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Mom Not Liable in Son’s Crash of Family Car, Florida Supreme Court Says

Florida families and their auto insurers can rest a little easier after the state Supreme Court decided Thursday that a mom cannot be held vicariously liable for an accident caused by her son who had borrowed the family car. In …

14 11, 2023

Dash Cams in Fleet Vehicles are Key to Avoiding Nuclear Verdicts, Risk Managers Say

By | November 14th, 2023|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Dash Cams in Fleet Vehicles are Key to Avoiding Nuclear Verdicts, Risk Managers Say

ORLANDO, Fla. — Cameras. One showing the driver and another facing forward. Those can be the keys to avoiding nuclear verdicts after auto and truck crashes, especially for companies with fleets of vehicles and relatively inexperienced drivers, two Crum & …

13 11, 2023

W.Va. High Court Rules Coverage Owed for Illness Claims Years After Policy Expired

By | November 13th, 2023|Uncategorized|Comments Off on W.Va. High Court Rules Coverage Owed for Illness Claims Years After Policy Expired

Liability insurers that write in West Virginia and beyond received some unsettling and expensive news from the state Supreme Court last week: Without iron-clad policy language barring coverage, long-tail illness claims must be covered and a carrier has a duty …

9 11, 2023

11th Circuit Asks Fla. Supreme Court if Insurers Can Sue Auto-Glass Shops

By | November 9th, 2023|Uncategorized|Comments Off on 11th Circuit Asks Fla. Supreme Court if Insurers Can Sue Auto-Glass Shops

The Florida Legislature earlier this year struck a mighty blow for auto insurers in their years-long fight against windshield repair shops, ending assignment-of-benefits and the practice of offering gifts to insureds. Now, the Florida Supreme Court could soon decide another …

27 10, 2023

Appeals Court Upholds $12M Verdict in Fatal Keys Crash; Insurer Facing Bad-Faith Claim

By | October 27th, 2023|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Appeals Court Upholds $12M Verdict in Fatal Keys Crash; Insurer Facing Bad-Faith Claim

A federal appeals court this week upheld a $12 million jury award against a gravel and waste-hauling company in a horrific highway accident that killed four Spanish women who were on vacation in the Florida Keys in 2018. But it’s …

25 10, 2023

Six Years After They Began, Strems’ Massive Litigation Actions Detailed in Book

By | October 25th, 2023|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Six Years After They Began, Strems’ Massive Litigation Actions Detailed in Book

The story of disbarred Florida plaintiffs’ attorney Scot Strems has been told, in bits and pieces, in this publication and others over the last six years. But the saga and Strems’ alleged actions and the havoc they caused in the …

23 10, 2023

Florida Special Session Called to Punish Iran…and Help Floridians with Wind Mitigation

By | October 23rd, 2023|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Florida Special Session Called to Punish Iran…and Help Floridians with Wind Mitigation

Florida lawmakers have agreed to convene in another special session – the sixth in three years – this time to sanction the country of Iran but with a little indirect Florida property insurance relief also on the agenda. The call …

29 08, 2023

Kentucky Supreme Court: Docs Must Bill for Injured Workers Within 45 Days

By | August 29th, 2023|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Kentucky Supreme Court: Docs Must Bill for Injured Workers Within 45 Days

Medical providers who treat injured workers in Kentucky must bill the employer/insurer within 45 days, even before a workers’ compensation claim has been filed and before an employer’s liability has been established, the Kentucky Supreme Court decided this week. The …