Olympian Shaun White settled a lawsuit accusing him of sexual harassment and now he’s settled the lawsuit he filed against his insurance company over that case. According to court documents obtained by The Blast, White and Lloyd’s of London have “reached a settlement” in the case. As The Blast first reported, White sued his insurance company back in 2017. Lloyd’s said that the claims the band …
Why are insurers writing D&O coverage for allegations involving sexual misconduct, which is not really an “accident,” but rather an intentional act that is typically excluded from coverage? The question came up last Thursday at a PLUS Canada event in Toronto featuring Kevin LaCroix, author of the U.S.-based ‘D&O Diary’ blog. The panel discussion was moderated by Brian Rosenbaum, national …
According to an insurance agent familiar with commercial insurance, due to a rash of recent lawsuits and settlement the Arrowhead Lake Association is at risk of increasing insurance premiums, having fewer choices and/or the inability to find insurance coverage. According to court records obtained by The Alpenhorn News, the Arrowhead Lake Association (ALA) has had seven lawsuits filed …
Rachel Dovel didn’t mean to become a crusader for transgender rights. But the library employee found herself cast in that role last year when the library’s health insurance refused to pay for her gender confirmation surgery – and the library’s board wouldn’t budge. She underwent surgery in December – and Monday she and her legal team announced she settled a lawsuit against the Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County. …
At Valet Auto Body in Sandy, Utah, owner Trace Coccimaglio shows off a red, 2014 Chevrolet Impala that his guys just finished repairing. You’d never know it was recently in a wreck so rough that the entire front end needed to be replaced, including several sections of the bumper’s frame. The owner’s insurance company said they would not pay to repair the car with parts manufactured by …
Lawyer-driven hail litigation is the worst lawsuit abuse in Texas today. The Texas Legislature must stop this lawsuit abuse while protecting the right of every Texas consumer to sue their insurance company if it acts unfairly or in bad faith. For the last five years, storm-chasing lawyers have descended upon neighborhoods from the Rio Grande to the Red River, unleashing case …
On the heels of a $400 million round at a $3.4 billion valuation, Instacart has agreed on a $4.65 million fee to settle a class-action lawsuit around claims that the on-demand grocery delivery startup misclassified its personal shoppers as independent contractors, and also failed to reimburse them for their work expenses, Recode reports. There are more than 31,000 Instacart shoppers involved in …
Your business has been performing well for years, turning a profit and continuing to grow. Then, out of the blue, you get served with a lawsuit. If you aren’t prepared for this scenario, you’re putting your business in jeopardy. Asset protection is a near 50-year-old specialization of debtor-creditor law, where niche business attorneys and consultants will seek to structure business and personal assets in such a fashion to where they become somewhat invulnerable to creditor civil judgments. It’s important to note, however …
Talks in the $10 million lawsuit between HealthAlliance of the Hudson Valley and Empire Blue Cross/Blue Shield have made “significant progress,” Ulster County Executive Mike Hein said Monday. “I firmly believe there has been significant progress, but progress alone is not enough. There needs to be a resolution of this in a timely fashion,” Hein said.
More than 29 million Americans live with diabetes, and for some six million of them, insulin is a life or death medication. Between 2002 and 2013, the price of insulin more than tripled, to more than $700 per patient. A federal lawsuit accuses the three insulin manufacturers of conspiring to raise their prices.