By John Berringer and Jennifer Katz, Reed Smith LLP In In Re East 51st St. Crane Collapse Litigation , the New York Supreme Court permitted the primary insurance company to enter into a settlement which clearly was not "in the best interests of... Read More

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - (Mealey's) A jury in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida on Jan. 30 found that a Florida property manager insured incurred $4 million in covered losses from Hurricane Wilma, rendering a verdict against... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The U.S. Supreme Court on Nov. 8 declined review of the first petition for writ of certiorari filed in a case challenging the recently enacted Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) ( Steven Baldwin, et al. v. Kathleen... Read More

NEW ORLEANS - (Mealey's) The Louisiana Supreme Court on May 10 found that although there is no Louisiana public policy that precludes an anti-assignment clause from applying to post-loss assignments, the language of the anti-assignment clause must... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. - (Mealey's) The U.S. Supreme Court on Jan. 31 denied an insurer's motion to stay pending the filing and disposition of a petition for a writ of certiorari of a $92.9 million judgment that was reinstated against it in a class... Read More

Most attorneys will think at least twice before taking on a medical malpractice case. The reasons for their hesitation are obvious: such cases are complex and increasingly expensive to litigate, and the outcome is never assured. Even when a decision to... Read More

BERWYN , Pa. - In-house counsel at insurance carriers and policyholder companies are invited to attend four programs in New York City on some of the most urgent topics they face today, HB CEO Tom Hagy has announced. While open to attorneys and others... Read More

NEW YORK - (Mealey's) A New York federal judge on Sept. 20 granted final approval to a $350 million class action settlement with United HealthCare Corp., ending claims that United companies allegedly underpaid professional providers for out-of-network... Read More

NEW YORK -- Anderson Kill & Olick, P.C. has announced that the firm's founder and inspiration, Eugene R. Anderson , passed away on July 30, 2010, after complications arising from pneumonia. A one-time U. S. prosecutor in the office of then... Read More

Volume 1 of the New Appleman on Insurance Law, Library Edition , Essentials of Insurance Law was released in print Oct. 23. The Library Edition identifies the leading court decisions on settled questions of law, cites illustrative cases when examples... Read More

The 2010 Edition of the New Appleman Insurance Law Practice Guide has been expanded to four volumes. The new edition features three entirely new chapters on cutting edge areas of insurance law practice: Personal Injury and Advertising Coverage,... Read More

The Fall 2009 issue of New Appleman on Insurance: Current Critical Issues in Insurance Law was released in October. It features three articles on the cutting edge of insurance law: Out of Thin Air: An Examination of Vapor Intrusion and the Availability... Read More