NEW CASTLE, Del. — A Delaware judge held March 28 that a plaintiff has satisfy his burden for establishing that a vehicle was uninsured at the time of an accident and that there is a genuine issue of material fact as to who was the driver of that vehicle, noting that the insolvency of the insuring company renders a vehicle uninsured under Delaware law.
NEW ORLEANS — Defendants in an asbestos liability coverage suit on April 1 filed two motions in limine in a Louisiana federal court seeking to prohibit references at trial to insurance and to establish the admissibility of Liberty Mutual Insurance Co.’s policy documents.
NEW YORK — The joint provisional liquidators (JPLs) of Bermuda insurer and reinsurer PB Life and Annuity Co. Ltd. (PBLA) and other debtors on March 28 asked a New York federal bankruptcy court to approve procedures to sell the debtors’ assets, saying that without approval, “the time and uncertainty associated with the sale of the Assets will likely lead to hesitation on behalf of potential buyers.”
SAVANNAH, Ga. — Defendants on March 25 requested a Georgia federal court to hold oral argument of a commercial auto insurer’s motion for summary judgment in its lawsuit seeking a declaration that there is no coverage for the insured, its owners and an employee for an underlying $112,466.57 personal injury default judgment.
BOSTON — Parties in a reinsurance billings dispute over the allocation of a $120 million environmental claims settlement on March 23 filed a joint stipulation of dismissal as to what they said was the last remaining defendant in the action in Massachusetts federal court.
KANSAS CITY, Kan. — An insurer assuming responsibility for Blue Cross Blue Shield of Kansas Inc.’s insolvent excess errors and omissions insurer on March 16 filed a notice in a Kansas federal court indicating that it was appealing the dismissal of a subrogation claim against Blue Cross Blue Shield Association in an antitrust coverage dispute.
NEW ORLEANS — The heirs to a recently deceased plaintiff in an asbestos liability coverage lawsuit on March 9 opposed motions for summary judgment filed by an insurer and another defendant in a Louisiana federal court, arguing that they have demonstrated genuine issues of material fact regarding whether the decedent was exposed to asbestos because of the movants’ activities or products.
BATON ROUGE, La. — A federal judge in Louisiana on Feb. 17 entered judgment in favor of the Pennsylvania insurance commissioner, as rehabilitator for Senior Health Insurance Company of Pennsylvania (SHIP), after dismissing without prejudice the Louisiana's insurance commissioner’s complaint seeking a declaratory judgment that the rehabilitator cannot alter, without his approval, the rates and benefits for SHIP's Louisiana policyholders.
BOSTON — In a Feb. 14 status report, the Puerto Rico insurance commissioner and auxiliary rehabilitator informed the First Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals that an order and judgment confirming a modified joint plan of adjustment of its debts has been issued in proceedings filed by the commonwealth of Puerto Rico under Title III of the Puerto Rico Oversight, Management and Economic Stability Act (PROMESA).
RICHMOND, Va. — The North Carolina Insurance Guaranty Association (NCIGA) on Feb. 17 reinforced its appeal asking the Fourth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals to reverse a North Carolina federal court’s ruling that granted the secretary of Health and Human Services and federal agencies’ motion to dismiss its lawsuit challenging the reporting requirements under the federal Medicare Secondary Payer (MSP) statute, arguing in its reply brief that it has “adequately pled that it suffered a real, cognizable, and immediate injury-in-fact sufficient to support” its standing.
KANSAS CITY, Kan. — Blue Cross Blue Shield of Kansas Inc. on March 10 moved for judgment on the pleadings in a Kansas federal court, challenging two claims in an antitrust coverage dispute involving an insolvent insurer.
NEW YORK — A New York federal judge on March 11 rescheduled a jury trial in consolidated aiding and abetting lawsuits over the collapse of hedge funds for Nov. 30 because “[d]ue to continued Covid protocols, trial in this case cannot go forward as scheduled in May,” a text-only docket entry shows.
NEW YORK — Following ex parte review of documents that the plaintiff withheld from production in a dispute over defense and indemnity costs, a New York federal judge on March 3 ruled that attorney-client privilege or the attorney work product doctrine protect all but one and that the defendant “has not made a showing of substantial need and undue hardship.”
RALEIGH, N.C. — A North Carolina court of appeals on March 1 held that the North Carolina Industrial Commission did not err in finding that a workers’ compensation insurance policy from a now insolvent insurer did not cover a plaintiff’s claim for temporary total disability benefits and medical compensation.
BOSTON — Following cancellation of a Massachusetts federal jury trial in a reinsurance billings dispute over the allocation of a $120 million environmental claims settlement, the parties on March 4 filed a joint stipulation of voluntarily dismissal as to one of the two remaining defendants and said a stay remains in effect as to the other.
NEW YORK — A New York federal judge on Feb. 24 resolved the latest of several discovery disputes in a dispute over defense and indemnity costs by issuing a text-only order for ex parte review of documents that the plaintiff asserts are privileged.
BOSTON — Following stipulations of voluntary dismissal relating to certain parties and a Massachusetts federal judge’s denial of each motion in limine (MIL) in a reinsurance billings dispute over the allocation of a $120 million environmental claims settlement, a jury trial scheduled to begin March 1 was canceled on account of the action “having been reported settled,” according to a Feb. 28 electronic notice on the case docket.
NEW YORK — A New York federal bankruptcy judge on Feb. 24 ordered that the joint provisional liquidators (JPLs) of Bermuda insurer and reinsurer PB Life and Annuity Co. Ltd. (PBLA) and other debtors be paid $816,826 in attorney fees and $15,422.74 in expenses, citing the “failures of the Respondents to comply with this Court’s Orders.”
BOSTON — With a jury trial scheduled to start March 1 in Massachusetts federal court, parties in a reinsurance billings dispute over the allocation of a $120 million environmental claims settlement on Feb. 22 jointly stipulated to the dismissal of all claims against two reinsurers; on Feb. 23, the judge denied each motion in limine (MIL) filed in the case, five of them without prejudice.
KANSAS CITY, Kan. — A federal judge in Kansas on Feb. 22 overruled Blue Cross Blue Shield of Kansas Inc.’s objection to a Kansas federal magistrate judge’s discovery order in an antitrust coverage dispute involving an insolvent insurer, finding that while Blue Cross strongly disagrees with the magistrate’s conclusions, it has not demonstrated that the conclusions are contrary to law.