A mental health facility in Houston has filed a lawsuit against an insurance broker and the insurance agency he works for over flood damage related to Hurricane Harvey. The lawsuit alleges that despite assurances from Paige Cokinos, executive vice president of Higginbotham Insurance Agency, that the Harris Center for Mental Health had flood insurance coverage,…
Hurricane Harvey killed at least 68 Texas residents and caused about $125 billion in damages, according to a report released last month by the National Hurricane Center (NHC). The storm was the second costliest storm in U.S. history – trailing only Hurricane Katrina in 2005 – and caused the most deaths from a tropical cyclone…
When the cost of damage from Hurricane Harvey is added up, the total could amount to more than $30 billion, according to preliminary estimates. However, experts say that only about 10% of that damage will be covered by insurance, and that the federal government may end up paying the most to rebuild Houston, Corpus Christi,…
A Beaumont, Texas man has filed a lawsuit against his insurance company for allegedly failing to pay his claim involving water damage to his home. Herman Williams alleges that Allstate insurance wrongfully denied his insurance claim over damage to his property caused by a water leak in his home.
A Georgia appeals court has ruled that Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co. acted in bad faith by failing to settle insurance claims arising out of a fatal car accident. In upholding an $8.2 million ruling against Nationwide, a three-judge panel for the U.S. 11th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that a lower court did not err…
Trucking companies and independent truck driving contractors have faced increased insurance premiums in recent years as a result of several verdicts in personal injury or wrongful death lawsuits filed in the wake of trucking accidents. Although the number of trucking accidents in the U.S. has fallen by about 20% in recent years, record verdicts in…
The Texas Department of Insurance is warning state homeowners that many types of water damage to their home may not be covered under their insurance policy. The agency says that although some types of water damage are covered under most insurances policies, others are not. This could lead to costly repair bills for homeowners without…
Allstate Insurance alleged recently in a lawsuit filed against Electrolux Home Products that the appliance company knew that its clothes dryers could cause fires to start. Allstate filed a product liability lawsuit in Pennsylvania against Electrolux on behalf of nine families insured by the company whose homes suffered significant property damage as a result of…
A division of the American International Group (AIG) insurance company has asked a Texas federal judge to force a subsidiary of Liberty Mutual insurance to pay its portion of the damages from a nearly $34 million verdict in a personal injury lawsuit that was issued earlier this year. AIG’s excess insurance company, National Union Fire Insurance,…
A Florida fire sprinkler company has filed a lawsuit against Insys Therapeutics, the manufacturer of the fentanyl sublingual spray Subsys, over claims that the spouse of a company employee became addicted to opioid painkillers as a result of fraudulent Insys prescriptions. The lawsuit against Insys by Wayne Automatic Fire Sprinklers was filed under a Florida…
A Galveston, Texas man has filed a lawsuit against his insurance company for failing to pay his claim for injuries suffered as a result of a car accident. Catarino Torres filed a lawsuit against Farmers Texas Mutual Insurance Company in December 2015 after the company refused to fulfill the terms of his insurance policy.
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court has ruled that Zurich American Insurance Company is liable for a $2.3 million default judgement entered against a Massachusetts auto repair shop in a lawsuit filed by a mechanic who was injured while working there. The mechanic, Joseph Boyle, filed a personal injury lawsuit against C&N Corporation after he was…