Mississippi High Court Orders New Trial on Drunk Driving Charge
The Mississippi Supreme Court has ruled that Mary Reed Evans is entitled to present evidence in an effort to disprove prosecutors' contention that her blood alcohol level was over the legal limit …
Kentucky Supreme Court Curbs State Use of Private Agency Funds
In a case involving two workers’ compensation funds, the Kentucky Supreme Court has ruled that lawmakers and the governor cannot replenish the state’s general fund using monies from …
Business Risk Exclusion Means No Coverage for Toppled Conn. House
The Hanover won't have to pay $26,000 in claims on behalf of a Connecticut contractor who accidentally knocked over the house he was working on, a Connecticut Superior Court has ruled. The …
Vermont Supreme Court: Landowner Can Sue Mine President
The Vermont Supreme Court says a landowner can sue the president of the Vermont Asbestos Group over contamination
Florida Hospitals Must Tell Patients of Lawsuit Limits
The Florida Supreme Court says hospitals must warn patients about a state law that bars malpractice lawsuits for birth-related neurological injuries. The justices last week ruled hospitals that …
Montana Court Upholds Notice Rule in Lawsuits Against Bars
A sharply divided Montana Supreme Court has upheld a state law that requires someone planning to sue a bar over liability in a drunken driving crash to notify the bar within 180 days of the …
WCI Chinese Drywall Trust Files Suit Against 14 Insurers
The Trustee for the WCI Chinese Drywall Trust has filed suit against
Former New Mexico Insurance Regulator’s Convictions Upheld
A federal appeals court has upheld the convictions of former New Mexico insurance regulator Joe Ruiz on corruption charges. The 10th U.S.
White Connecticut Firefighters Seek Back Pay, Damages
A group of white New Haven firefighters who won a discrimination case before the U.S.
Massachusetts Court: No Workers’ Comp for Custodian’s 1999 Injury
A church custodian who was injured in a ladder fall, but waited nearly five years to file a workers’ comp claim is barred from collecting benefits, a Massachusetts Appeals Court has …
Nebraska High Court Says Worker Can Sue for Parking Lot Injury
A retired Union Pacific conductor can seek compensation for a knee injury because walking into work from the parking lot was part of the conductor's job, the Nebraska Supreme Court said in a …
1988 Case in Nebraska Involving Florida Insurance Agency Not Over Yet
After more than a decade and four Nebraska Supreme Court rulings, a new trial may soon be scheduled in a multimillion-dollar insurance dispute between Florida and Countrywide Insurance …
Supreme Court Refuses Michigan Workers’ Comp Racketeering Suit
The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear a workers’ compensation case from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit in which the appeals court found that the plaintiffs could sue …
March Trial Set for Lawsuit Over Mississippi Dam Break
A civil lawsuit filed over the damage caused by the 2004 collapse of the Big Bay Lake dam in Lamar County has been moved to Harrison County and set for a March 22 trial. Circuit Court Judge …
Alaska Prison Guard Wins Workers’ Comp Case
The Alaska Supreme Court ruled a former prison guard at the Anchorage Jail deserves workers' compensation for the psychological problems he suffered after being threatened by a convicted killer 15 …
New Jersey Supreme Court Upholds Fee Schedule for PIP Claims
The New Jersey Supreme Court has ruled the state's insurance regulator can implement a medical fee schedule for treatments covered by Personal Injury Protection (PIP). The decision upholds an …
Texas Supreme Court Agrees to Rehear Exxon Abandoned Wells Case
The Texas Supreme Court says it will again hear arguments in the nearly 15-year legal battle over accusations that Exxon Mobil Corp. loaded abandoned wells with junk, sludge and even explosives to …
Court: Owners of Truck in Fatal Connecticut Crash Can Sue Insurer
The Connecticut Supreme Court has reinstated a lawsuit filed by the owners of a dump truck that caused a fatal 20-vehicle wreck in Avon, in a dispute over whether there was insurance coverage on …
Supreme Court Justices Appear Skeptical of Patents for Business Methods
U.S. Supreme Court Justices seemed reluctant to allow hedging methods to be patented as it heard arguments Monday that were closely watched by software, biotech firms and other industries. Some …
Supreme Court to Hear Key Case on Patents For Business Methods
Software, biotech firms and others who develop new ways to do business will be watching closely Monday as the U.S.
Montana Courts Uphold Workers’ Comp Cutoff Age
The Montana Supreme Court has upheld a state law that allows insurance companies to cut off worker's compensation payments for those suffering permanent total disability when the disabled party is …
Georgia Supreme Court Blocks ‘Stacking’ of Auto Insurance Policies
The Georgia Supreme Court has ruled that injured motorists are not entitled to maximize their insurance coverage by combining auto insurance policies on several vehicles to cover one accident, a …
Connecticut Firefigher Sues over Promotion Test
A black New Haven, Connecticut firefighter has filed a federal lawsuit against the city over a promotion exam that was the subject of a landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling in June.
Alabama Supreme Court Throws Out $274M in Verdicts Against Drug Makers
The Alabama Supreme Court last Friday threw out jury decisions awarding the state more than $274 million from three pharmaceutical companies, ruling they did not defraud the state in pricing …
Florida’s American Keystone Insurance to Be Liquidated
Leon County Circuit Court Judge John C. Cooper has granted a request by state insurance officials to place American Keystone Insurance Co. in Ponte Vedra Beach into state receivership to be …
Arguments For and Against Credit Scores Begin in Michigan Court
Attorneys on both sides of the issue argued before the Michigan Supreme Court on Oct.
Mississippi Court Rules Home Insurance Policy Covers Hurricane Wind Damage
In a 9-0 decision, the Mississippi Supreme Court has ruled that so-called “all-risk” home insurance policies may cover wind damage from hurricanes, even in situations where the loss is later …
Insurer Interest High in Michigan Credit Score Case
The Michigan Supreme Court on Oct. 7 heard the opening arguments in a closely watched case that may decide the fate of insurers' use of credit history in setting premium rates for personal lines …
Court: Negligence Not Transferred to Illinois Woman Murdered by Husband
The Illinois Supreme Court has sided with health care providers who treated a mentally ill man who subsequently murdered his wife.
Delaware Court Changes Underinsured Limits in Case of Hurt Motorcyclist
A Delaware Superior Court has ruled that John Henry Smith Insurance Co.
