What Insurers Should Know About PFAS
Scientists faced a problem when the space race was heating up in the mid-20th century. They needed to develop materials to withstand the heat of atmospheric entry and ...
Litigation/Liability Trends
Is a Scooter a Vehicle? Appeals Court Says ‘Yes’ and State Farm Must Pay UM Claim
State Farm must pay an uninsured motorist claim for injuries caused by an electric motor scooter even though the scooter didn't match the definition of "motor vehicle" in ...
Teacher Shot by 6-Year-Old Student Files $40 Million Lawsuit
Abby Zwerner, a first-grade Virginia teacher who was shot and seriously wounded by her 6-year-old student, filed a lawsuit Monday seeking $40 million in damages from ...
Boy Scouts Bankruptcy Plan Headed to Federal Appeals Court
Attorneys for several insurance companies are appealing a federal judge's decision to uphold the confirmation of a $2.4 billion bankruptcy reorganization plan for the Boy ...
Swiss Re Faces $6.3M Claim Over Sex Discrimination, Unfair Dismissal
A former Swiss Re underwriter, who last year won a sex and maternity discrimination and unfair dismissal case, is seeking 5.1 million pounds ($6.3 million) in ...
Boy Scouts of America Bankruptcy Plan Upheld Despite Insurers’ Objections
A federal judge on March 28 denied an appeal, largely made by insurers, to strike down the Boy Scouts of America's nearly $2.5 billion reorganization plan approved last ...
GEICO Faces Class Action for Allegedly Underpaying Auto Claims
GEICO General Insurance Co. must face a class action suit alleging that it has been underpaying benefits to its insureds injured in automobile accidents.
More than 119,000 people have been injured by tear gas and other chemical irritants around the world since 2015, and some 2,000 suffered injuries from "less lethal" ... Chinese company ByteDance and its popular social media platform TikTok are facing a wrongful death suit in New York over the 2022 death of a teenager. The suit alleges ... A new lawsuit accuses Mark Zuckerberg and other Meta Platforms Inc. executives and directors of failing to do enough to stop sex trafficking and child sexual exploitation ...
Report: 119K People Hurt by Riot-Control Weapons Since 2015
TikTok, Transit Agencies Face Wrongful Death Suit Over New York Teenager’s Death
Lawsuit Accuses Zuckerberg, Meta of Failing to Address Sex Trafficking, Child Exploitation