Law Advice » Liability http://www.lawadvice.ws Lawful Advice for Legal Situations and Litigious Problems Tue, 07 Feb 2012 19:41:22 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Insurer’s Parent Company Dismissed From UIM Suit For Lack Of Vicarious Liability http://www.lawadvice.ws/insurers-parent-company-dismissed-from-uim-suit-for-lack-of-vicarious-liability/ http://www.lawadvice.ws/insurers-parent-company-dismissed-from-uim-suit-for-lack-of-vicarious-liability/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 04:22:18 +0000 admin http://www.lawadvice.ws/insurers-parent-company-dismissed-from-uim-suit-for-lack-of-vicarious-liability/ LAS VEGAS – A Nevada federal judge on Jan. 31 held that although it is possible that an insurer’s parent company “had the requisite control over [its] day-to-day claim processing operations to make it vicariously liable” for breach of contract and bad faith claims in an underinsured motorist (UIM) dispute, the insured failed to allege facts establishing this (Teresa Engel, et al. v. Hartford Insurance Company of the Midwest, et al., No. 2:11-cv-01103, D. Nev.; 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 11115).

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]]> http://www.lawadvice.ws/insurers-parent-company-dismissed-from-uim-suit-for-lack-of-vicarious-liability/feed/ 0 O’Melveny Beats Back Sucessor Liability Claim Against BofA in Countrywide MBS Suit http://www.lawadvice.ws/omelveny-beats-back-sucessor-liability-claim-against-bofa-in-countrywide-mbs-suit/ http://www.lawadvice.ws/omelveny-beats-back-sucessor-liability-claim-against-bofa-in-countrywide-mbs-suit/#comments Sat, 04 Feb 2012 08:47:57 +0000 admin http://www.lawadvice.ws/omelveny-beats-back-sucessor-liability-claim-against-bofa-in-countrywide-mbs-suit/ In the face of the most comprehensive effort yet to keep Bank of America on the hook for alleged fraud in a Countrywide mortgage-backed securities case, a California federal district court judge has rejected Allstate’s successor liability claim against BofA.

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]]> http://www.lawadvice.ws/omelveny-beats-back-sucessor-liability-claim-against-bofa-in-countrywide-mbs-suit/feed/ 0 Louisiana Federal Judge Says Insurer Has Duty To Defend In Pollution Liability Suit http://www.lawadvice.ws/louisiana-federal-judge-says-insurer-has-duty-to-defend-in-pollution-liability-suit/ http://www.lawadvice.ws/louisiana-federal-judge-says-insurer-has-duty-to-defend-in-pollution-liability-suit/#comments Fri, 03 Feb 2012 01:41:14 +0000 admin http://www.lawadvice.ws/louisiana-federal-judge-says-insurer-has-duty-to-defend-in-pollution-liability-suit/ BATON ROUGE, La. – An insurer has a duty to defend its insured in a pollution liability suit brought by the United States because the insurer failed to prove that coverage is excluded under the policy, a Louisiana federal judge said Jan. 30 (Louisiana Generating, L.L.C., et al. v. Illinois Union Insurance Company, No. 10-cv-0516, M.D. La.).

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]]> http://www.lawadvice.ws/louisiana-federal-judge-says-insurer-has-duty-to-defend-in-pollution-liability-suit/feed/ 0 Johnson & Johnson $ 4B Charge Includes Product Liability Costs, Recall, Settlements http://www.lawadvice.ws/johnson-johnson-4b-charge-includes-product-liability-costs-recall-settlements/ http://www.lawadvice.ws/johnson-johnson-4b-charge-includes-product-liability-costs-recall-settlements/#comments Fri, 27 Jan 2012 20:15:32 +0000 admin http://www.lawadvice.ws/johnson-johnson-4b-charge-includes-product-liability-costs-recall-settlements/ NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. – Johnson & Johnson said Jan. 24 that it took a $ 4.2 billion after-tax charge against earnings to cover product liability expenses, litigation settlements, costs of the DePuy ASR hip recall, restructuring of its Cordis Corp. subsidiary, the acquisition of Synthes Inc. and an adjustment to the value of a currency option.

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]]> http://www.lawadvice.ws/johnson-johnson-4b-charge-includes-product-liability-costs-recall-settlements/feed/ 0 Obama Administration And Banks Near Deal On Mortgage Fraud Legal Liability – Huffington Post http://www.lawadvice.ws/obama-administration-and-banks-near-deal-on-mortgage-fraud-legal-liability-huffington-post/ http://www.lawadvice.ws/obama-administration-and-banks-near-deal-on-mortgage-fraud-legal-liability-huffington-post/#comments Fri, 27 Jan 2012 17:29:35 +0000 admin http://www.lawadvice.ws/obama-administration-and-banks-near-deal-on-mortgage-fraud-legal-liability-huffington-post/
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Obama Administration And Banks Near Deal On Mortgage Fraud Legal Liability
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The final details of the arrangement, according to the source who revealed them, will apparently not preclude prosecutors and regulators from taking legal action against many of the common abuses during the house bubble. It remains to be seen whether …
Fla. AG says she supports foreclosure settlementLegal News Line
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Banks square in mortgage fraud crosshairs againmsnbc.com

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]]> http://www.lawadvice.ws/obama-administration-and-banks-near-deal-on-mortgage-fraud-legal-liability-huffington-post/feed/ 0 Judge: States’ Dissimilar Liability Systems Led To Legitimate Coverage Dispute http://www.lawadvice.ws/judge-states-dissimilar-liability-systems-led-to-legitimate-coverage-dispute/ http://www.lawadvice.ws/judge-states-dissimilar-liability-systems-led-to-legitimate-coverage-dispute/#comments Wed, 25 Jan 2012 02:51:33 +0000 admin http://www.lawadvice.ws/judge-states-dissimilar-liability-systems-led-to-legitimate-coverage-dispute/ OKLAHOMA CITY – An Oklahoma man who was involved in an accident in Minnesota fell short of establishing that his insurer acted in bad faith, an Oklahoma federal judge ruled Jan. 18, finding instead that the parties’ lack of knowledge of the two states’ insurance systems merely caused “a legitimate dispute over coverage” (Joe J. Huffman v. United Financial Casualty Co., No. 5:10-cv-01139, W.D. Okla.; 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 5561).

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]]> http://www.lawadvice.ws/judge-states-dissimilar-liability-systems-led-to-legitimate-coverage-dispute/feed/ 0 North Carolina Panel: Trial Court Erred By Dropping Premises Liability Claims http://www.lawadvice.ws/north-carolina-panel-trial-court-erred-by-dropping-premises-liability-claims/ http://www.lawadvice.ws/north-carolina-panel-trial-court-erred-by-dropping-premises-liability-claims/#comments Thu, 19 Jan 2012 22:48:24 +0000 admin http://www.lawadvice.ws/north-carolina-panel-trial-court-erred-by-dropping-premises-liability-claims/ RALEIGH, N.C. – The North Carolina Court of Appeals on Jan. 17 overturned summary judgment for the defendant in a premises liability action, ruling that the plaintiff properly alleged personal injury claims (Susan S. Shumaker v. Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, No. COA11-598, N.C. App.; 2012 N.C. App. LEXIS 14).

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]]> http://www.lawadvice.ws/north-carolina-panel-trial-court-erred-by-dropping-premises-liability-claims/feed/ 0 Virginia Supreme Court Dismisses Liability For Landfill Pollution http://www.lawadvice.ws/virginia-supreme-court-dismisses-liability-for-landfill-pollution/ http://www.lawadvice.ws/virginia-supreme-court-dismisses-liability-for-landfill-pollution/#comments Thu, 19 Jan 2012 18:17:31 +0000 admin http://www.lawadvice.ws/virginia-supreme-court-dismisses-liability-for-landfill-pollution/ RICHMOND, Va. – A divided Virginia Supreme Court reversed a trial court’s $ 9.6 million award to a couple who sued Campbell County for contamination of wells that supplied their mobile home park by an adjacent county landfill, saying Jan. 13 that the passive, gradual seepage of leachate and landfill gas into groundwater is not covered by the statutes the plaintiffs cited (Campbell County v. Claude M. Royal, et al., No. 101168, Va. Sup.; 2012 Va. LEXIS 19).

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]]> http://www.lawadvice.ws/virginia-supreme-court-dismisses-liability-for-landfill-pollution/feed/ 0 Pennsylvania Trial Expected On Product Liability Claims Against Car Seat Maker http://www.lawadvice.ws/pennsylvania-trial-expected-on-product-liability-claims-against-car-seat-maker/ http://www.lawadvice.ws/pennsylvania-trial-expected-on-product-liability-claims-against-car-seat-maker/#comments Thu, 19 Jan 2012 02:30:03 +0000 admin http://www.lawadvice.ws/pennsylvania-trial-expected-on-product-liability-claims-against-car-seat-maker/ JOHNSTOWN, Pa. – In anticipation of the Jan. 17 personal injury products liability trial in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania of claims for chemical exposure brought on behalf of a minor child by her parents against the manufacturer of a car safety seat, the parties filed dozens of motions in limine, which the presiding judge addressed in an omnibus order entered Jan. 12 (Madisyn S. Miller, et al. v. Evenflo Co. Inc., No. 09-108, W.D. Pa.; 2011 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 151376).

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]]> http://www.lawadvice.ws/pennsylvania-trial-expected-on-product-liability-claims-against-car-seat-maker/feed/ 0 Cruise Lines Use Law and Contracts to Limit Liability – New York Times http://www.lawadvice.ws/cruise-lines-use-law-and-contracts-to-limit-liability-new-york-times/ http://www.lawadvice.ws/cruise-lines-use-law-and-contracts-to-limit-liability-new-york-times/#comments Thu, 19 Jan 2012 00:50:43 +0000 admin http://www.lawadvice.ws/cruise-lines-use-law-and-contracts-to-limit-liability-new-york-times/
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Cruise Lines Use Law and Contracts to Limit Liability
New York Times
Anyone trying to sue Costa Concodia's corporate parent, Carnival Cruise Lines, though, will find that the company is stoutly protected by international law and by a carefully worded contract that passengers accept when they buy their tickets. …
Must a captain be the last one off a sinking ship?BBC News
In a cruise ship crisis, what should happen?CNN International
UN agency mulls changes to maritime lawNDTV
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