Who are the moles? The question was like a parlor game for employees of State Farm Insurance Co. after Hurricane Katrina, one they nervously played during coffee breaks or in the parking lot after work. Richard “Dickie” Scruggs, a prominent …
U.S. Sen. Trent Lott says he’s disappointed with the slow pace that hundreds of insurance lawsuits are being handled nearly a year after Hurricane Katrina. Speaking in his hometown of Pascagoula last Thursday, Lott, R-Miss., said the tempo could be …
One down, hundreds to go. That’s the tally for a federal judge in Mississippi who ruled last week in favor of Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co. in the first trial to challenge insurers for refusing to cover billions of dollars in …
A federal judge presiding over most of the insurance lawsuits spawned by Hurricane Katrina is soliciting advice on the best way to resolve hundreds of cases in a “just, speedy and inexpensive” manner. In a letter sent Aug. 14 to …
Lawyers for hundreds of Mississippi homeowners who sued their insurance companies for denying their claims after Hurricane Katrina are fighting to keep the cases joined in a “mass action” rather than split up and tried individually. Richard “Dickie” Scruggs, a …
A lawsuit filed by more than 650 Gulf Coast homeowners accuses State Farm Insurance Co. of using a “one-size-fits-all” engineering report as the basis for refusing to cover damage to homes destroyed by Hurricane Katrina. The suit alleges that the …
A team of specialists from the Federal Aviation Administration toured Logan International Airport earlier this week to investigate a rash of near-collisions on its runways. Members of the FAA’s “Tiger Team” were to spend two or three days studying Logan’s …
Emergency and utility crews across the Northeast worked Sunday to repair the damage caused by several days of rain and floods, but strong winds continued to cause problems. Parts of the Northeast had received more than a foot of rain …
