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Daily Business Review

PIP Repeal Bill (CS/CS/SB 54) I. Will It Become Law?

The bill repealing the current PIP statute is pending presentation to the governor for his signature.
6 minute read

Daily Report Online

Georgia Federal Judge Tosses Race Bias Claims Over Low-Value Insurance Policies

The named plaintiff in the putative class action is a widow whose husband paid more than $14,600 in cumulative premiums for a policy that only paid $5,000 upon his death.
4 minute read

Daily Report Online

State Farm Seeks Judgment in Million-Dollar Case Involving Personal Use of Company Vehicle

"It is uncertain whether, under existing Georgia law, [the defendant] was using the repair vehicle at the time of the accident within the scope of [the employer's] consent, and consequently whether [the defendant] qualifies as an insured for purposes of the policy's liability coverage," said John C. Patton, an attorney for the insurance company.
4 minute read

Daily Business Review

Kelley Kronenberg Continues First-Party Expansion with New Training Program, More Hiring

The incoming first-party property insurance defense litigation attorneys are attending a four-week intensive training clinic designed to help them hit the ground running. Clients have noticed the difference, said practice leader Jeffrey Wank.
3 minute read

New York Law Journal

Additional Insured Coverage, Employers and 'Burlington'

More often in insurance cases, the putative additional insured (AI) will be a party seeking risk transfer from the employer. Here, author Julian Ehrlich discusses 'Burlington v. NYC Transit Authority,' a rare case where the party seeking AI coverage was the employer.
8 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Flaster Greenberg Launches Insurance Recovery Group With Laterals From Offit Kurman, Weisbrod Matteis & Copley

The additions come as Flaster Greenberg firm leaders elevate the team of insurance recovery attorneys to a subgroup within the firm's litigation department.
5 minute read

Daily Report Online

Wilson Elser Opens 2 North Carolina Offices as Big Law Continues Carolinas Expansion

The Am Law 200 firm's announcement is the latest in a series of office openings in the Carolinas.
2 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Insurance Litigator Tracey Wishert Is Bracing for Practice Changes Across the Industry

"After more than a year of relative isolation, I plan to focus on reestablishing personal relationships with my fellow lawyers," said Riker Danzig's Tracey Wishert. "Although we've remained in contact throughout the pandemic, the virtual workplace has limited our ability to more casually discuss what we're working on."
5 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Class Action Seeking COVID Reimbursements From Travel Insurers Proceeds

U.S. District Judge Gerald McHugh of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania denied defendant Arch Insurance Co.'s motion to dismiss the putative class action on all but one claim.
3 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Tributes Pour In for Saxe Doernberger Partner Edwin Doernberger, Who Died of Cancer

Friends and peers are remembering insurance attorney Edwin Doernberger, who died May 21 at 76.
4 minute read

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