Southern California homeowners affected by the Palisades and Eaton wildfires in Los Angeles County sued the United Services Automobile Association (USAA) and American Automobile Association (AAA) on Wednesday, […]
Non-Creditor Was Entitled to Actual Notice of A Chapter 11 Plan’s Injunction Barring Suits Against Insurance Carriers
A person who was not a creditor of a bankruptcy estate was entitled to actual notice of an injunction that would bar the non-creditor from suing the debtors’ […]
Ellis George and K&L Gates Ordered to Pay $31,000 After Using AI to Write Brief in Insurance Case
Law firms Ellis George and K&L Gates were last Tuesday ordered to pay $31,000 to the defense in a case filed against State Farm General Insurance Co. for […]
Carolyn Burbrink, Director Volume Mobility Safety & Insurance Litigation at Uber
In April, Legal Speak spoke with a legal audience of general counsels, technologists, executives and industry professionals from multinational companies live on location at the General Counsel Midwest […]
Former Zurich Insurance Attorney Suspended for Negotiating Settlement Under the Radar
The Missouri Supreme Court indefinitely suspended Zurich Insurance Co.’s former chief trial attorney, Paul Eric Petruska, after he initiated a settlement without the authority and attempted to enforce […]
‘A Wake Up Call to the Life Insurance Industry:’ California Sues Insurers
The state of California commenced a lawsuit against American General Life Insurance Co., Transamerica and other life insurance companies. The enforcement action alleged the defendants purposefully left out […]
‘Data Breach’ Insurance Does Not Cover Biometric Information Collection
A split Illinois appellate panel ruled last week in favor of an insurance company, finding it was not required to indemnify a grocery chain in an underlying suit […]
Facing a Shrinking Talent Pool, Insurance Defense Firms Are Fighting to Add Attorneys
Both brand-new and veteran attorneys are gravitating away from the insurance defense industry, posing a problem for shops currently inundated with work: How do you recruit and retain […]
Mass. High Court Resolves Definition of ‘Surface Waters’ in Insurance Dispute
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court determined the accumulation of rainwater on a building’s roof does not constitute “surface waters” within the context of an insurer’s “flood” property insurance policy […]
Circuit Court Revives Homeowners Insurance Suit Over Public Auction Confusion
Rejecting Nationwide Insurance’s arguments brought by a midsized regional firm that an ordinary person would understand that a “post third sale offering” of a tax-delinquent home is considered […]