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Southwest Airlines Wins Reversal Against Liberty Insurance Over Computer Crash

Writing for the panel, Fifth Circuit Judge James E. Graves Jr. said the court must determine whether the five categories of costs were losses incurred solely as a result of the system failure.
3 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Class Action: The Hartford and Twin City Accused of Undervaluing Wrecked Cars

The proposed class encompasses Hartford Insurance policyholders in New Jersey who submitted claims between Dec. 23, 2015, and Nov. 29, 2023, and those insured by Twin City in Missouri between July 22, 2013, and Nov. 29, 2013.
3 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Insurance Defense Firm Tyson & Mendes Opens Phila. Office With Rawle & Henderson Team

"We've opened offices where our clients are complaining about nuclear verdicts," said firm founder Robert Tyson.
5 minute read

Daily Report Online

'Sent Out to Try and Catch a Javelin': How Failed Negotiations Led to a $140M Premises Liability Verdict

"I suspect [the defendant] implored [the insurer] to accept [our] offers," plaintiff's counsel said. "But it seems to us like [the insurer's] business model is to routinely deny coverage, even in cases where coverage exists."
5 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

White and Williams Taps Longtime Business Department Chair as New Managing Partner

Real estate finance attorney Timothy Davis replaces litigator Andrew Susko, who had led the firm since the start of 2021.
3 minute read

New York Law Journal

NY's Top Court Set to Decide COVID Restaurant Interruption Appeal

The Court of Appeals' ruling is expected to have broad implications not just for New York—one of the hardest hit states during the pandemic—but nationally, since the court's interpretation of the policy language could impact how other courts rule on pandemic-related business interruption disputes.
5 minute read

Daily Business Review

'Assault on Stability and Predictability in the Law': Third DCA Certifies Insurance Action to Florida Supreme Court

"Every bit of the 19 pages was supporting an insurance company's ability to rely upon the presumption of prejudice that has historically existed," said Kimberly Fernandes, a partner at Kelley Kronenberg.
4 minute read

Law.com

First Circuit Certifies 'Surface Water' Question to Mass. Supreme Judicial Court for Insurance Dispute

The three-judge panel said the certification will allow the state's high court to apply its law and policy judgments on this undecided issue, citing the lack of controlling precedent.
4 minute read

Law.com

Longtime St. Louis Restaurant Owner Files Lawsuit Against Insurer's Alleged Abuse of Denied Claim

"They're a billion-dollar operation; I'm a small business," Charlie Gitto Jr., owner of the Missouri restaurant dubbed Charlie Gitto's From the Hill, told Law.com. "The average guy, they get out-lawyered and financially humiliated. I'm just thankful that Jim [Monafo] and Husch Blackwell came to rescue me, otherwise we're throwing popcorn against a brick wall."
4 minute read

Daily Report Online

How a Pending Georgia Appellate Court Decision Could Affect Railroad Liability (and Insurance Carriers)

How the appellate court falls will determine how far a railroad's duty of care to its customers extends.
4 minute read

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