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Seventh Circuit Dismisses Business-Interruption Lawsuits Due to Lack of Direct Physical Loss or Damage

Benefits of Being Bigger Diminishing in Fragmenting World

Insurance Policy Exclusions Apply Even if Agent Misrepresented It

$42 Million Premises Liability Verdict Sends Message to Businesses in High Crime Areas

Texas Supreme Court Rules Financial Interest of Non-Parties Offset Burdens of Discovery

Employees of contractors injured in a July 2019 explosion at ExxonMobil’s Baytown, Texas oil refinery filed nearly 60 lawsuits seeking more than $1 billion in damages. ExxonMobil subpoenaed medical providers who treated the plaintiffs and requested they disclose information about what they charged others for the same services.

$4 Million Insurance Policy Beneficiary in Dispute Following Murder/Suicide

Fifth Circuit Rejects Eleventh Circuit Fraudulent Misjoinder Doctrine, Again

Website Does Not Establish ‘Minimum Contacts’ Required for Personal Jurisdiction

Online Definition Published by the Texas Department of Insurance Does Not Limit the Proper Calculation of “Actual Cash Value” (ACV): Absent Legally Mandated Calculation Method, Insurer is Not Bound to a Particular Method

OSHA Requires Large Employes to “Vaccine or Test;” Fifth Circuit Issues Stay

Plan Administrator Must Address Benefits Claims Before Courts Rule

Self-Serving Affidavits Sufficient to Preclude Summary Judgement

Federal Courts Empowered to Enforce Arbitration Agreement Only If Underlying Case Qualifies for Federal Jurisdiction

Low Credit Score Predicts Increased Auto Insurance Claims

South Carolina Legal Mogul Accused of Defrauding Housekeeper’s Family Out of $3 Million

A MODERN TWIST ON AN OLD ADAGE: “YOU CATCH MORE FLIES WITH SUGAR THAN WITH SALT”

Court of Appeals affirms Judgment of No Coverage in a Mississippi Case

Commercial Property Owner in Florida Learns Hard Lesson In Filing Hurricane-related Insurance Claim Too Late

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Williams Case Reported as Fifth Circuit Confirms Rule on Misjoinder vs Improper Joinder

Salon Agrees to $1.75 Million Settlement After Infection from Pedicure Led to Amputation

Seventh Circuit Dismisses Business-Interruption Lawsuits Due to Lack of Direct Physical Loss or Damage

Benefits of Being Bigger Diminishing in Fragmenting World

Insurance Policy Exclusions Apply Even if Agent Misrepresented It

$42 Million Premises Liability Verdict Sends Message to Businesses in High Crime Areas

Texas Supreme Court Rules Financial Interest of Non-Parties Offset Burdens of Discovery

$4 Million Insurance Policy Beneficiary in Dispute Following Murder/Suicide

Fifth Circuit Rejects Eleventh Circuit Fraudulent Misjoinder Doctrine, Again

Website Does Not Establish ‘Minimum Contacts’ Required for Personal Jurisdiction

Online Definition Published by the Texas Department of Insurance Does Not Limit the Proper Calculation of “Actual Cash Value” (ACV): Absent Legally Mandated Calculation Method, Insurer is Not Bound to a Particular Method

OSHA Requires Large Employes to “Vaccine or Test;” Fifth Circuit Issues Stay

Plan Administrator Must Address Benefits Claims Before Courts Rule

Self-Serving Affidavits Sufficient to Preclude Summary Judgement

Federal Courts Empowered to Enforce Arbitration Agreement Only If Underlying Case Qualifies for Federal Jurisdiction

Low Credit Score Predicts Increased Auto Insurance Claims

South Carolina Legal Mogul Accused of Defrauding Housekeeper’s Family Out of $3 Million

A MODERN TWIST ON AN OLD ADAGE: “YOU CATCH MORE FLIES WITH SUGAR THAN WITH SALT”

Court of Appeals affirms Judgment of No Coverage in a Mississippi Case

Commercial Property Owner in Florida Learns Hard Lesson In Filing Hurricane-related Insurance Claim Too Late

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