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New York Law Journal

Unlicensed Insurance Sales Leads to $1.2M State Fine

Your People, a San Francisco-based company that provides payroll and other services online for businesses, has been fined $1.2 million by New York state regulators for improperly selling insurance products.
4 minute read

Daily Business Review

Report: Dog Bite Claims Spike Nationally in 2016

Homeowner insurers felt the bite last year as dog bite cases jumped 18 percent across the country, spurring more than $600 million in claims—more than one-third of all homeowner liability claims for 2016.
7 minute read

Daily Report Online

Jury Awards $2.1M to SUV Passenger Injured by Alleged Drunken Driver

Following a day-and-a-half trial, a Fulton County jury delivered a post-apportionment award of $2.1 million to a man injured when the SUV in which he was passenger flipped on its side.
10 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Fuel Tanker vs. Car Accident Yields $3.6M Settlement in Essex County

A woman who claimed she sustained debilitating injuries when her car was struck by a fuel tanker in a gas station parking lot was paid a $3.6 million settlement in her Essex County suit, Arias v. DOQ Transport.
9 minute read

Litigation Daily

Litigators of the Week: This Hogan Team Beat Back a $100 Million Class Action

After years of litigating a $100 million class action against Anthem Inc. by 87,000 former employees and retirees of the state of Connecticut, Adam Levin found himself anxiously awaiting the Connecticut Supreme Court's ruling on March 31.
4 minute read

Daily Business Review

Question of Insurer's Duty Hinges on Dictionary Definition

A dictionary's definition of "proceeding" featured prominently in arguments before the Florida Supreme Court in a construction contractor's suit against its insurer.
8 minute read

Texas Lawyer

When Minutes Are Worth Millions — Timing of Pre-Hearing Settlement Can Mean a Lot

One defendant settled for $1.2 million. Then, following a one and a half week hearing, a panel of three binding arbitration judges in a 2-to-1 ruling ordered a nonsettling defendant pay $18.1 million in damages.
3 minute read

Daily Business Review

How a Miami Law Firm Plans to Recover Billions for Medicare

An appeals court ruling and the first-ever class certification decision under the Medicare Secondary Payer law paves the way for potentially huge recoveries.
8 minute read

The American Lawyer

Insurance Industry Competition Spurs New Network's Creation

Marshall Dennehey Warner Coleman & Goggin, a 482-lawyer firm with Philadelphia and New York roots, has formed a global insurance network with firms in Canada, Spain and the U.K. The move comes more than two months after insurance industry rival Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker launched its own international network.
31 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Justices Eye Ill-Will Requirement for Insurance Bad Faith

In a case that may have wide-ranging repercussions for insurance lawsuits in Pennsylvania, the state Supreme Court heard arguments Tuesday about whether plaintiffs must present "smoking gun" evidence to successfully bring bad-faith claims against insurance carriers.
9 minute read

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