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WILMINGTON, Del. - Negligence claims leveled by asbestos plaintiffs in Montana against insurers of former Chapter 11 debtor W.R. Grace & Co. are barred by W.R. Grace's bankruptcy injunction because they meet the derivative liability requirements...

TUCSON, Ariz. - A federal judge in Arizona on May 20 sentenced a podiatrist who submitted fraudulent bills to Medicare for procedures that were never performed on patients in assisted living facilities to 24 months in prison (United States v. Loren Wessel...

LOS ANGELES - A trial court properly granted a rental dwelling insurer's motion for summary judgment because the insureds failed to prove that the insurer breached its contract in denying coverage for water damage to their rental home, the Second...

SAN FRANCISCO - The Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on May 21 dismissed an appeal in a case over a $3.2 million judgment with regard to a lower court's order directing $958,017.66 in funds in the court registry to an reinsurer as judgment creditor...

DALLAS - A federal judge in Texas on May 21 found that summary judgment in favor of an insurer is appropriate because it has established that noncovered hail events could have caused some of the insured's damage to the roof of its warehouse facility...

LAS VEGAS - A Nevada federal judge on May 20 dismissed an insured's bad faith claim without prejudice after determining that the insured failed to allege sufficient facts in support of her contention that the auto insurer acted in bad faith (Ashley...

CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. - A New York federal judge on May 20 dismissed an insured's breach of contract lawsuit against a federal flood insurer over Superstorm Sandy damage one day after the parties filed a stipulation of dismissal with prejudice of all...

SEATTLE - The Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on May 21 determined that a district court did not err in finding that a disability insurer properly calculated a claimant's long-term disability (LTD) benefits because the claimant's benefits...

NEW YORK - A former managing director for investment companies on May 20 responded to insurers' third-party allegations of fraudulent inducement and fraud and violations of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act in a receiver's...

SOUTH BEND, Ind. - A federal judge in Indiana on May 20 vacated a trial in a suit brought by an insurance company against a subcontractor that installed furnaces in a building's roof trusses shortly before the roof partially collapsed after finding...

HARRISBURG, Pa. - A Pennsylvania appeals panel on May 21 vacated in part a lower court judge's ruling suppressing the admission of a draft report prepared by an expert regarding the cause of a fire that was allegedly started to submit a fraudulent...

SAN JOSE, Calif. - A California federal judge on May 17 denied a commercial general liability insurer's motion for judgment as a matter of law on Yahoo! Inc.'s bad faith and bad faith damages claims, finding that there is a "legally sufficient...

SAN FRANCISCO - An insurer on May 20 notified a California federal court of its voluntary dismissal of a case against reinsurers for failing to pay amounts under facultative reinsurance contracts in connection with liability to asbestos personal injury...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. - The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals on May 20 determined that a circuit court did not err in concluding that an insured failed to present clear and convincing evidence that an insurer waived its right to invoke a policy's...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska - An Alaska federal judge on May 17 denied an auto insurer's motion for summary judgment on an insured's bad faith claim after determining that the insured presented evidence to reasonably support her claim that the insurer acted...