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The American Lawyer

Legal Malpractice Claim Values Reach an 'All-Time High' in Last Year

Insurers surveyed by risk management advisory firm Ames & Gough named conflicts and drafting errors as the two types of claims leading to the largest settlements.
6 minute read

Daily Business Review

Insurer Sues to Avoid Payment on Joe Carollo Verdicts

"The duty to defend is broader than the duty to indemnify," QBE Specialty Insurance Co. argued in the lawsuit. "As such, where there is no duty to defend, there can be no duty to indemnify."
4 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

New Jersey Supreme Court Finds E-Scooter Riders Are Not 'Pedestrians,' Not Entitled to PIP Benefits

"Expanding the definition of 'pedestrian' to include LSES operators would advance the medical coverage goal but undermine the goal of curbing the rise of insurance costs," Justice Lee A. Solomon said. "The legislature may certainly choose to expand the availability of PIP coverage to LSES operators, as they did with motorcycles, but that policy decision and its insurance cost implications, if any, is properly for the legislature, not the court."
5 minute read

Daily Business Review

Florida Jury Returns $3.2M Verdict: Was Bifurcation Key?

"Bifurcation can be an extremely valuable tool," said attorney Christopher T. Kuleba, who is not associated with the case.
5 minute read

Legaltech News

AI Insurance, Governance and Responsibility: Overheard at 2024 AI Expo

The 2024 AI Expo for National Competitiveness in Washington, D.C., saw many stakeholders debating how to effectively build trust and safety into AI-enabled consumer products and services.
7 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Are Climate-Change Lawsuits the Next Tobacco Litigation? Suits Spiking

One area of uncertainty is how courts will interpret whether a claim arising from the emission of greenhouse gasses constitutes an insurable claim.
7 minute read

Texas Lawyer

A 'Go-to' Insurance Lawyer Has Died

"He was one of the most notable insurance recovery litigators in the state of Texas, an avid saxophone player and a devoted father," Munsch Hardt CEO Phil Appenzeller said.
3 minute read

Texas Lawyer

$3.8M in Attorney Fees: Jackson Walker Bills Insurance Plaintiff After Defense Win

It was Randall Riley's work through IMG that caused Citizens Inc. to filed its lawsuit in November 2018. Riley would not live long enough to see his defense prevail.
5 minute read

Daily Report Online

'Staggering Gamesmanship': Case Law, Statute Clash Over 'Gotcha' Settlement Tactics on Appeal

Defendant-appellant counsel Matt Friedlander said waiving the Civil Practice Statute was "a legally inert proclamation … like Michael Scott standing up and saying 'I declare bankruptcy.' It's funny, but it doesn't mean anything."
5 minute read

Daily Report Online

Judicial Restraint Could Make or Break This Ga. Appellant's Argument for Venue-Anchoring

"I don't know that we really should care about policy," said Presiding Judge Stephen Dillard. "It's only what the statute says, and you may be right on that, you may not be right on that, but that's what I'm not getting."
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