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TACOMA, Wash. - An insurer of Chapter 11 asbestos debtor Fraser's Boiler Service Inc. on July 17 appealed to federal district court a bankruptcy court's denial of its bid to vacate a stipulated order it entered into with the debtor's settling...

HACKENSACK, N.J. - A pedestrian sued the New Jersey Property-Liability Insurance Guaranty Association (NJPLIGA) on July 16, alleging negligence by an unknown motorist who struck him while he was walking (Anthony Gratzel v. New Jersey Property-Liability...

MOBILE, Ala. - A federal magistrate judge in Alabama on July 15 issued a report recommending that a pro se plaintiff's complaint seeking coverage for Hurricane Nate damage to her roof be dismissed without prejudice for lack of subject matter jurisdiction...

NEW YORK - To the extent that a New York bankruptcy court recognizes a foreign proceeding, creditors and parties in interest to a reinsurer's bankruptcy proceeding ask in a July 16 motion that they be allowed to bring their claims against the debtor...

TRENTON, N.J. - A New Jersey appeals panel on July 15 affirmed a judge's "cogent written opinion" that rejected a borough insured's argument that it did not commit a material and deliberate breach of an insurance policy's cooperation...

SEATTLE - The Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on July 18 affirmed a lower federal court's ruling that policy exclusions for "knowing violation of the rights of another," "material published with knowledge of its falsity" and...

CHICAGO - A Seventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel on July 18 affirmed a chiropractor's five-year prison sentence for submitting fraudulent bills to Medicare and private insurers for deceased patients or treatments that were never provided, finding...

UTICA, N.Y. - A reinsurer argues in a July 15 reply brief that a New York federal judge should reconsider a decision on the issue of collateral estoppel because a recent decision in a similar case "marks a major new development in this case"...

SAN DIEGO - A California federal magistrate judge on July 16 confirmed a settlement reached between a reinsurer and claims processor and its CEO over allegations that they assisted in fraudulently transferring assets belonging to an insolvent insurance...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - A federal jury in Alabama on July 16 unanimously found that a doctor and nurse were guilty of submitting $7.8 million in bills for Medicare and private insurance companies for prescriptions for opioids and allergy immunotherapy treatments...

TULSA, Okla. - An insured seeking coverage for extended business income loss sufficiently stated a claim for bad faith against its insurer, an Oklahoma federal judge said July 17 in denying the insurer's motion to dismiss the bad faith claim and the...

TRENTON, N.J. - A New Jersey appeals panel on July 15 held that an insured's assignment of its tort claims against its insurance broker was invalid, reversing a lower court's $500,000 ruling against the broker in a lawsuit alleging that it procured...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - A federal judge in Alabama on July 15 granted in part a motion to exclude testimony from an insurance fraud defendant's expert regarding state-specific standards on the prescribing of opioids, finding that the doctor had not reviewed...

PINE BLUFF, Ark. - A federal judge in Arkansas on July 12 held that a math teacher's Equal Employment Opportunity Commission charge and subsequent lawsuit alleging sexual harassment and retaliation constitute a single claim that was "first made"...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - A commercial general liability insurer has a duty to defend an additional insured in a construction defects case, a Florida federal judge ruled July 12; however, the judge stayed the issue of the insurer's duty to indemnify (Auto...