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The Legal Intelligencer

The Coming and Going Rule Revisited: Three Cases to Consider

A basic tenant of workers' compensation law is that commuting to and from work is not considered to be within the course and scope of one's employment. Of course, like most legal principles, the so-called “coming and going rule” does have exceptions.
7 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Barry Chasnoff Un-Retires, Forms San Antonio Firm with Younger Trio

Former Akin Gump partner Barry Chasnoff has established a new firm with three younger lawyers who left Norton Rose Fulbright.
1 minute read

Texas Lawyer

The Imperfect Storm: Harvey Litigation Will Be Fought Under Hailstorm Bill's Rules, While 'Menchaca' Looms in the Background

while there is something good for both the policyholder and for the carrier in recent statutes and rulings impacting Harvey litigation, it remains to be seen whether the volume of Harvey litigation will reach Hurricane Ike levels.
5 minute read

Texas Lawyer

How Extra-Contractual Damages Can Protect Insureds From Obstinate Insurance Companies

Extra-contractual damages provide crucial protection for insureds dealing with obstinate insurance companies who fail to uphold their end of the special relationship.
5 minute read

Daily Report Online

Ford Lawyers Want Opposition Brief Scrubbed From Record

Ford's lawyers have asked the judge to erase from the record opposing counsel's 64-page motion and brief urging sanctions against the automobile maker for alleged misdeeds, saying the document contains "irrelevant invective and false accusations."
1 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Justices: Heart and Lung Benefits Preclude Subrogation Under MVFRL

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has limited the ability of some self-insured public employers to recover money paid out to workers injured in motor vehicle accidents and, in the process, cleared up an unsettled area of law.
1 minute read

The Recorder

Insurers Did Not Have To Cover Environmental Clean-Up Costs Incurred By Insured Under Consent Order

A federal district judge in Los Angeles, applying California law, found that insurers did not have a duty to defend Arrow Electronics Inc. with respect to claims related to water contamination from a Huntsville, Alabama rocket testing site.
5 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Motel Targeted in Sex Trafficking Lawsuit Loses Insurance Coverage

An insurance carrier has no obligation to defend against a lawsuit aimed at holding a motel liable for sex trafficking that occurred on its premises.
3 minute read

Daily Business Review

Fla.'s Insurance Industry and the Use of Managed Repair Contractors

Once again, Florida's insurance industry is using managed repair as both a sword and a shield. As usual, and for good reasons, insurance companies insist on using their managed repair contractors, because it prevents runaway costs.
4 minute read

Daily Report Online

Tex McIver, Dani Jo Carter Hit With Wrongful Death Lawsuit

The court-appointed administrator of Diane McIver's estate has authorized the lawsuit against McIver's husband and the sole witness to the shooting.
3 minute read

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