Articles by Jim Sams

Sams is editor of ClaimsJournal.com, the online resource and daily newsletter for property/casualty insurance claims professionals. ClaimsJournal is a member of the Wells Media Group. Sams can be reached at jsams@wellsmedia.com

Sanctions Continue to Pile Up for McClenny Moseley & Associates

Even though they have been suspended from the practice of law, attorneys with Houston, Texas-based McClenny Moseley & Associates continue to rack up penalties as federal judges clean up a mess created by the law firm’s mass filing of hundreds …

Transporting Florida Migrants a New Venture for Investor in Troubled Law Firm

The owners of a business that loaned McClenny Moseley & Associates $3 million to find clients with hurricane-damaged homes and earn fees by submitting damage estimates to insurers has embarked on a new venture: Transporting unauthorized aliens out of Florida. …

Inspectors in McClenney Moseley ‘Fraud’ Scheme Sue for Unpaid Bonuses and Overtime

Seventeen former field inspectors for a company that provided damage estimates for McClenney Moseley & Associates filed a lawsuit against their former employer, saying they are owed for bonuses that were promised but never paid and uncompensated overtime. The plaintiffs …

New Orleans TV Station Airs MMA Partner’s Admissions During Staff Meeting

A New Orleans television station broadcast an audio recording of a founding partner of the McClenny Moseley & Associates law firm admitting that his law firm used a roofing company and a marketing firm to sign on clients. 4WWL’s Eyewitness …

Bankruptcy Judge Rules Directors of Failed SVB Can Tap D&O Insurance

A bankruptcy judge is allowing current and former officials with the parent company of Silicon Valley Bank to tap into the $210 million in insurance coverage available through directors and officers liability policies to defend themselves against litigation that followed …

Special Trustee Appointed to Assist Clients of McClenny Moseley

The Louisiana Supreme Court appointed an attorney to take control of the “multitude of hurricane and storm-related” lawsuits filed in state courts by McClenny Moseley and Associates. In an order posted online Thursday, the high court named Edward J. Walters …

Alabama Lawsuit Shines a Light on Fee-Sharing Agreements for Storm Claims

Insurance defense attorneys say a pair of lawsuits filed by a law firm and a claims consulting business – against a national personal injury law firm – raises questions about the proper relationships between legal counsel and the professionals they …

Ill. Supreme Ct. Clarifies Standard to Name Defendants in Malpractice Suits

More than 40 years ago, the Illinois legislature sought to reduce the number of defendants in medical malpractice actions by allowing plaintiffs to name health care providers as respondents for the purposes of discovery and convert them to defendants later …

N.J. Appeals Court Rules War Exclusion Doesn’t Apply to NotPetya Attack

Insurers may not use a war exclusion to deny coverage to Merck & Co. for a 2017 cyberattack blamed on the Russian military, a panel of the New Jersey Appellate Division ruled. The panel affirmed a decision by the Union …

Sanctions Continue to Pile Up for McClenny Moseley & Associates

Even though they have been suspended from the practice of law, attorneys with McClenny Moseley & Associates continue to rack up penalties as federal judges clean up a mess created by the law firm’s mass filing of hundreds of hurricane-damage …