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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

Rural Counties Don't Mean Low Verdicts Anymore, According to Plaintiff Lawyer Behind $1.3M South Ga. Win

"You've got to be careful, because some of these folks might think you're insulting their intelligence when a lawyer from a larger city comes in and tells them this is what they ought to do," said plaintiff counsel Mitchell Shook.
5 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Buchanan Taps Real Estate and Bankruptcy Chair as Next CEO

Pittsburgh-based shareholder James Newell will take over from Philadelphia-based Joe Dougherty in May.
2 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Law Gives New Teeth to Plaintiffs' Insurance Claims

"Going forward, that there's a remedy for bad faith, and that keeps everyone honest in the uninsured, underinsured benefits context. I think that is a success," attorney Oliver T. Barry said.
6 minute read

Texas Lawyer

USAA Asks Texas Supreme Court to Nix Class Certification

The way USAA claims the statute works is that the trigger for criminal liability and the deprivation of property rights is the filing of the Owner Retained Report with the DMV, Letot's attorney Anne Johnson said.
4 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

Connecticut Law Tribune

New Ruling Clarifies Workers' Compensation Statute

"The legislative history strongly evinces the legislature's will to extinguish the authority of commissioners to award such benefits upon a claimant's having reached permanency status, [and] we concur with the board's reasonable interpretation of the statute," the appeals court said.
2 minute read

Daily Report Online

Millions at Stake as Defunct Apportionment Law Is Debated in Ga. Courts

"[Our recent settlement's] a good example of what Alston & Bird v. Hatcher Management Holdings allowed that we can no longer do," plaintiff attorney Mike Rafi said. "Something like this will almost certainly never happen again because of the way the law changed."
5 minute read

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