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$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.
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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."
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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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Daily Report Online

A 'Gotcha Tactic'?: Court of Appeals to Hear 'Bad Faith' Settlement Claim Dispute at Oral Argument

According to the defendant-appellants, the plaintiff's demand was emblematic of a "set-up" offer by which an "attorney could … try to avoid a policy-limits settlement by sending a needlessly complicated demand with a myriad of confusing and seemingly trivial terms designed to elicit a rejection."
5 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Federal Court Predicts How Pa. Supreme Court Will Address Unanswered Question About Regular Use Exclusion

Taking into account recent decisions from the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, the ruling comes to an opposite conclusion from what the same federal court predicted in a similar case two years ago.
4 minute read

Law.com

Illinois Appellate Court Affirms $176K Judgment in Favor Insured Whose Diamond Ring Replaced With Synthetic One

"We are pleased that the Appellate Court applied the innocent insured doctrine to the misappropriation exclusion in this hard-fought litigation. We hope that this ruling will protect innocent insureds, like our client, in the future," said Dana's attorneys, Joseph Bosco and Costa Diamond of LaRose & Bosco, in Oak Park, Illinois.
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

Magistrate Recommends Dismissal of Fire Insurance Maps Copyright Suit

U.S. Magistrate Judge Ona Wang made her findings in a report and recommendation unsealed Tuesday.
4 minute read

Daily Business Review

Reed Smith for the Win as AIG Loses in Federal Court

The jury found AIG mishandled part of the claims process for damage to the family's $95 million oceanfront mansion near Miami.
4 minute read

Daily Business Review

Florida Defense Firms Adapt as Insurers Exit and Tort Reforms Limit Claims

Insurance work has shrunk as a consequence of the state's insurance crisis and recent legislative changes. But some firms are still hiring, betting that top lawyers will attract lucrative matters.
6 minute read

National Law Journal

Bridge Collapse Draws in Several Law Firms for Upcoming Litigation

Two Am Law 100 firms and several plaintiff firms have entered appearances. Observers expect more lawyers to enter as litigation and investigations mount.
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