$22.5 Million Amount the insurance affiliate of the Automobile Club of Southern California (the Interinsurance Exchange of the Automobile Club) will issue in refunds to approximately 120,000 policyholders to resolve lawsuits. The lawsuit was brought by The Proposition 103 Enforcement …
$30.3 Million Amount awarded to the family of a New Jersey man who died from mesothelioma, an asbestos-related cancer. Mark Buttitta died in 2002 at age 50; he had handled auto parts containing asbestos while working summers at giant GM …
100,000,000 A $100 million lawsuit claiming that NBC Universal Inc. prompted the suicide of a former Texas prosecutor who was a pedophile suspect is moving ahead after ruling by a U.S. federal judge. U.S. District Judge Denny Chin, while dismissing …
100,000 Pages of documents Allstate spokesman Adam Shores said the company provided Florida insurance regulators as of mid-February. A Florida Senate Select Committee on Property Insurance Accountability requested Allstate submit copies of any internal correspondence having to do with legislation …
$41 Million A $41 million settlement has been reached between pharmacy benefits management firm Caremark Rx LLC and 29 states over charges that the company and two of its subsidiaries, Caremark LLC and CaremarkPCS LLC (formerly AdvancePCS), engaged in deceptive …
$4.66 Million A jury in Napa, Calif., awarded the Marin School Insurance Authority $4.66 million stemming from a lawsuit against its long-term third-party claims administrator, ESIS Inc., according to insurance and regulatory litigator Daniel Sovocool of Thelen Reid Brown Raysman …
$38.5 Million Amount a jury in Stamford, Conn. ordered a city obstetrician to pay to the family of a boy born with cerebral palsy in 2003. The jury ruled Dr. Corinne De Cholnoky should have performed a Caesarean section more …
166 The Minnesota Department of Public Safety announced recently that 166 people were killed in alcohol-related crashes in Minnesota in 2006, the lowest death total on record. However, the department says a record-high 41,951 motorists were arrested for impaired driving. …
27,000 The number of Florida homeowners’ policies The Hartford Group will non-renew beginning in August. Tom Johnston, senior vice president and chief actuary, said it is a capacity management issue and profitability in Florida is not foreseeable over an extended …
13 Arkansas Gov. Mike Beebe declared 13 counties state disaster areas due to the damage caused by powerful tornadoes and violent thunderstorms on Feb. 5. The counties are Baxter, Conway, Franklin, Independence, Izard, Marion, Newton, Pope, Randolph, Sharp, Stone, Union …
