The New Jersey Supreme Court has ruled in favor of a Roman Catholic school that fired a teacher who became pregnant out of wedlock. The high court found that where an employment decision is clearly based on the tenets of …
A Connecticut homeowner who is being sued by a woman who alleges his dog bit her in the face is not entitled to insurance coverage because his home insurance application, which was completed by his insurance agent, indicated he did …
The estate of a Maryland man who, along with one of his children, was killed in a fire in his home is not entitled to all of the proceeds from the fire insurance policy because the homeowner still had a …
The Connecticut Supreme Court has overturned a trial court and ruled that municipalities and government agencies are not entitled to qualified immunity for negligent operation of emergency vehicles. In a case involving a car accident caused by a Bloomfield police …
The Catholic Diocese of Rochester and sexual abuse survivors have reached settlements with additional insurers on amounts available to cover abuse claims, bringing the total fund now available to survivor claimants to $126.35 million. The latest settlements are with insurers …
The collapse of a New York City garage in April was caused by the negligence of the owners of the building, according to State Farm, which is suing them to recover $1.5 million in payments to the garage’s customers who …
The New Jersey Supreme Court has agreed to decide whether a hostile/warlike action exclusion in an all risks property insurance policy applies in a case involving insurance coverage for a 2017 Russian cyberattack. The state’s high court will hear an …
A jury’s $2.8 million punitive damage award against an insurance agency and broker that tried to poach a competitor’s staff and book of business was not excessive even though it was more than 10 times the amount of compensatory damages, …
The state of Delaware is going to the Supreme Court in its fight with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) over the release of information on captive insurers. This fight has placed Delaware’s state regulation of insurance and its authority to …
Whether a half-inch granite protrusion on a crosswalk under repair is sufficient to support a negligent claim is a matter for a jury to decide, not a court granting summary judgment for a contractor doing work for a municipality. Furthermore, …
