One of the largest utility companies in Florida may, after all, be shielded from tort claims by the grand bargain of workers’ compensation law, even though it had contracted maintenance work to another firm, a Florida appellate court has decided …
If the owner of a trucking company drives one of his company’s trucks to a friend’s house for free repairs, is that considered a business use of the truck, or personal use? The Georgia Supreme Court effectively decided this week …
Independent insurance agents in Alabama are trying again to crack open what they say is the state’s “good ol’ boy” system and end three decades of tax breaks that mostly benefit two insurance carriers at the expense of others. Ending …
The Florida Supreme Court has suspended a workers’ compensation defense lawyer for 91 days after he was caught coaching a deposition witness through text messages, then being less than candid about it to a judge. Derek James, of Maitland, Florida, …
The West Virginia Supreme Court has decided that a trial court has the authority to reach across the continent and halt an insurance carrier’s litigation in California, a move that could affect other opioid-related lawsuits. Attorneys called it an unusual …
What happens when a worker’s injury needs follow-up surgery many years later, requiring the employee to miss months of paychecks? In Florida, he’s probably out luck if he’s hoping for workers’ compensation wage-loss benefits. But the law that created that …
Until now, it has been practically verboten for insurers in many states to offer policyholders a free fitness tracker, such as a FitBit, or even wearable sniffers for factory workers to help detect toxic gases. The 50-year-old anti-inducement laws were …
A Georgia appeals court has upheld a $43 million premises liability verdict against the CVS Pharmacy chain, ruling that the company failed to take security measures to prevent the shooting of a patron in 2012. The case is the latest …
Those who enjoy a cocktail may have little idea that Bombay Sapphire Gin is flavored with something known as “grains of paradise,” a peppery African spice with notes of cardamom and ginger. When a South Florida man named Uri Marrache …
Who would have thought, given what many have called a crisis in the Florida property insurance market, that an insurance company would decide it could improve its bottom line by focusing solely on the storm-plagued Sunshine State? FedNat Insurance, formerly …
