January 17, 2008
In Charleston, W. Va., Kanawha County’s insurer has settled a wrongful-termination lawsuit filed by three former investigators who were fired by former Prosecutor Bill Charnock. St. Paul Travelers agreed Monday to pay $50,000 each to David Keeney, Harold Summers Jr. …
January 17, 2008
NASCAR’s insurance company has settled with the family of a Florida woman and infant killed last year when a plane owned by the racing organization slammed into their home, the family’s attorney said Monday. The agreement was reached last week …
January 15, 2008
Florida’s requiring that insurance company executives testify publicly about why their property insurance rates have not gone down proves the state is serious about its efforts to make property insurance available and affordable, according to Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty. “I …
January 14, 2008
Five Pensacola, Fla., juveniles are facing arson and burglary charges following an investigation into a fire that destroyed a commercial building on January 3. No injuries were reported. The juveniles ranging in age from 8 to 13, allegedly destroyed Markham …
January 11, 2008
The Tennessee Supreme Court heard arguments Tuesday in a case that will decide whether Alcoa Inc. is responsible for the asbestos-related death of a former worker’s daughter. The Pittsburgh-based company argues that it should not be held responsible for Amanda …
January 10, 2008
Members of a Mississippi law firm that was searched by federal agents last month have resigned as defense attorneys in the high-profile bribery case involving wealthy lawyer Richard “Dickie” Scruggs. U.S. District Judge Neal Biggers on Tuesday granted the request …
January 8, 2008
A leading expert on the way West Virginia’s courts handle asbestos claims urged legislators Sunday to avoid proposed changes to the system. “Not only is it a mistake, it would be unnecessary,” retired Kanawha Circuit Judge Andrew MacQueen told an …
January 4, 2008
A woman serving probation for killing her newborn has been released from jail after another arrest in an insurance scam. Aimee Lee Weiss claimed she delivered a stillborn baby alone in 2001, then threw him in a canal. She was …
December 23, 2007
2007 was a year in transition for Texas insurance law Omar Bradley often said, “Set your course by the stars and not by the light of every passing ship.” In 2007, the Texas Supreme Court failed to heed this advice, …
December 20, 2007
State Farm Fire and Casualty Co. is seeking to have policyholders’ attorneys thrown off a key Hurricane Katrina insurance case because the insurer claims the Mississippi lawyers have behaved unethically, according to court papers. State Farm already has tried to …