Top 10 for the Past Week | 1. | Ford Being Sued Over Truck Fuel Tank Defect
Mar 16, 2012 -- Ford Motor Co. has been sued for allegedly selling trucks with defective fuel tank linings over a 10-year period, and hiding the problem from consumers even as it warned dealers. The lawsuit filed Wednesday in a New Jersey federal court said fuel ... | | 2. | New Figures: Rising Sea Level Poses Risk to U.S.
Mar 16, 2012 -- Nearly 4 million people across the United States, from Los Angeles to much of the East Coast, live in homes more prone to flooding from rising seas fueled by global warming, according to a new method of looking at flood risk published in two ... | | 3. | AT&T Seeks to Settle Quietly With iPhone User
Mar 16, 2012 -- AT&T is offering to discuss a settlement to an iPhone user who won a small-claims case that alleged the company was slowing down his "unlimited'' data service. A law firm retained by AT&T Inc. also threatened in a letter dated Friday to shut ... | | 4. | Mock Adjuster Deposition Highlights Commonly Asked Questions
Mar 15, 2012 -- "Evidence is anything that a juror wants it to be," according to Franklin D. Patterson, a Colorado-based trial attorney. Everything that is going on in that court room is part of the evidence, he said. While evidence can be everything and anything ... | | 5. | Liberty Mutual ‘Disappointed’ in AIG $450M Workers’ Comp Settlement
Mar 14, 2012 -- Liberty Mutual said it will continue its legal fight even after a federal judge formally approved a $450 million workers' compensation class-action settlement between AIG and its rival companies. The class action alleged that American International ... | | 6. | Australia Insurers Designate Flood Catastrophe Zone
Mar 14, 2012 -- The Insurance Council of Australia has declared widespread areas of New South Wales and Victoria a formal catastrophe zone. The declaration covers the NSW Riverina, NSW Central West and northern Victoria, where a number of communities have been ... | | 7. | Cruise Line Executives Defensive, Optimistic After Costa Concordia Tragedy
Mar 14, 2012 -- In their first major industry gathering since the deadly Costa Concordia accident, cruise line chief executives defended their overall safety record on Tuesday and said they were confident of better days ahead. The Concordia capsized off Italy in ... | | 8. | Court Tosses Jury Award in Katrina Jail Lawsuit
Mar 14, 2012 -- A Louisiana federal appeals court on Monday threw out a jury's award of more than $650,000 to two Ohio tourists who were arrested in New Orleans on public drunkenness charges two days before Hurricane Katrina's landfall and jailed for more than a ... | | 9. | ‘Super Losses’ On the Rise in U.S. Healthcare Sector: Hiscox
Mar 14, 2012 -- The overall cost and frequency of so called $50 million plus "super losses" in the U.S. healthcare insurance sector are on the rise. According to a report from specialist healthcare insurer Hiscox, the large losses keep on getting larger with ... | | 10. | Incomplete Claim Investigations May Create Coverage Where No Coverage Exists
Mar 12, 2012 -- As a general proposition, the doctrine of estoppel cannot be used to expand or create insurance coverage where no coverage exists. See e.g., Continental Casualty Co. v. Advance Terrazzo & Tile Co. Inc., 462 F.3d 1002 (8th Cir. 2006) ... | | |
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