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A claim by an injured worker that resulted in a $4.78M arbitration award against a roofing company resulted in a $1M settlement with an insurance agent alleged to have failed to procure the proper insurance.
Read More »Brain-damaged teen collects insurance payouts for wreck
A teenager who suffered brain damage in a car crash received a total of $1.275 million from two insurers, according to his attorney.
Tagged with: Insurance Motor vehicle collision
Read More »Court says insurer off hook for $3 million award
The court that a man injured at a Kansas City-area business can’t recover a $3M arbitration award from an insurer for the business’ security provider.
Tagged with: Arbitration Court of Appeals, Western District David McConnell Insurance West Bend Mutual Insurance Co.
Read More »$191,000 award against insurer affirmed on appeal
The Missouri Court of Appeals Eastern District on April 7 affirmed a $191,000 award against an insurer found to have refused to settle a claim from an injured man. Plaintiff Farzad Qureshi was injured in a rear-end collision in 2011 ...
Tagged with: Farzad Quereshi Insurance
Read More »Insurer’s intervention fails to abate $8M judgment
A Clay County judge awarded an $8 million judgment to a woman severely injured by a drunken driver, despite the intervention of the defendant’s insurer. Judge Janet Sutton on Feb. 25 found in favor of Melissa Rasmussen in her claims ...
Tagged with: Criterion Law Griggs Injury Law Illinois Casualty Insurance Intervention Motor vehicle collision Revised Statutes of Missouri SRJS Inc.
Read More »Jury holds insurer responsible in $171,660 verdict for pricey roof repairs
Jurors in Jackson County ruled in favor of a couple who were denied an insurance claim for their specialty roof after a windstorm in March 2017. “They felt this was a claim that American Family should have paid on day ...
Tagged with: Insurance insurance claim Roof Damage
Read More »Utility reaches $11B deal with California wildfire insurers
Pacific Gas & Electric has agreed to pay $11 billion to a group of insurance companies representing most of the claims from Northern California wildfires in 2017 and 2018 as the company tries to emerge from bankruptcy, the utility announced ...
Tagged with: Bankruptcy Insurance Pacific Gas & Electric Co. settlement wildifres
Read More »Utility reaches $11B deal with California wildfire insurers
Pacific Gas & Electric has agreed to pay $11 billion to a group of insurance companies representing most of the claims from Northern California wildfires in 2017 and 2018 as the company tries to emerge from bankruptcy, the utility announced ...
Tagged with: Bankruptcy Insurance Pacific Gas & Electric Co. settlement wildifres
Read More »California insurers drop policies in high-fire risk areas
New California data shows insurance companies declined to renew nearly 350,000 home insurance policies in areas at high risk for wildfire since the state began collecting data in 2015. The data released this week did not say how many people ...
Tagged with: California wild fires Insurance insurance premiums
Read More »California insurers drop policies in high-fire risk areas
New California data shows insurance companies declined to renew nearly 350,000 home insurance policies in areas at high risk for wildfire since the state began collecting data in 2015. The data released this week did not say how many people ...
Tagged with: California wild fires Insurance insurance premiums
Read More »Shorey, Deschler join Armstrong Teasdale
Matthew S. Shorey and Gregory D. Deschler have joined Armstrong Teasdale in St. Louis. Shorey joins the firm’s litigation practice as a partner. Shorey’s practice is focused on defending medical malpractice, insurance, product liability, tort, utility, municipal, construction and commercial ...
Tagged with: Armstrong Teasdale Gregory D. Deschler Insurance Matthew S. Shorey medical malpractice product liability Tort utility
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