http://www.law360.com/ Latest articles for organization: Liberty Mutual Copyright 2009 Portfolio Media, Inc. en-US http://www.law360.com/images/headings/logo.gif http://www.law360.com/ http://www.law360.com/articles/131942 After 30 years, the debate between pro rata and all sums allocation is still vibrant. Pro rata is the majority rule because of its reliance on policy language and common sense, but all sums, because it maximizes insurer payouts, is not going away quietly, say A. Hugh Scott and Peter Bryan Moores of Choate Hall & Stewart LLP. http://www.law360.com/articles/131942 http://www.law360.com/articles/132447 A circuit panel on Wednesday upheld a district court's decision to toss Liberty Mutual Insurance Co.'s allegations that two amendments to New York's workers' compensation law were unconstitutional, for which both courts declined to exercise federal jurisdiction. http://www.law360.com/articles/132447 http://www.law360.com/articles/130077 A circuit panel has upheld a district court’s ruling that an Illinois chiropractor’s class action alleging Safeco Insurance Co. of America systematically underpaid claims on its car insurance policies should return to the Illinois state court where it was originally filed. http://www.law360.com/articles/130077 http://www.law360.com/articles/129045 Liberty Mutual Insurance Co. has objected to bankrupt ethanol producer VeraSun Energy Corp.'s proposed liquidation plan, saying it gives senior lenders liens on grain that should belong to the farmers that grew it. http://www.law360.com/articles/129045 http://www.law360.com/articles/128309 Bankrupt electronics retailer Circuit City Stores Inc. has reached a settlement with insurers — including Lexington Insurance Co., Liberty Mutual Fire Insurance Co. and underwriters at Lloyd’s Insurance Co. — over claims for damage to stores and business interruption resulting from Hurricane Ike in 2008. http://www.law360.com/articles/128309 http://www.law360.com/articles/127233 Excess insurer Continental Casualty Co. has continued to assert that it owes no coverage to an asbestos liability trust created for automotive supplier Federal-Mogul Corp. for litigation claims stemming from the company’s Vellumoid division, despite the company’s recent filing of an amended complaint that sought to strengthen its allegations. http://www.law360.com/articles/127233 http://www.law360.com/articles/126530 A number of Louisiana medical providers are appealing a permanent injunction restraining them from pursuing any claims against Liberty Mutual Insurance Co. and affiliates seeking more money for medical services than the terms set forth in their agreements with preferred provider organization First Health Group Corp., which delivered services to some Liberty Mutual insureds. http://www.law360.com/articles/126530 http://www.law360.com/articles/125258 The Great American Assurance Co. has sued a plumbing and heating industry supplier after the company allegedly failed to repay deductibles the insurer shelled out to settle asbestos personal injury claims from the 1980s. http://www.law360.com/articles/125258 http://www.law360.com/articles/124514 One Beacon Insurance Co. has lost a bid for reconsideration of a July decision in which a federal court ruled that glass company Pilkington North America Inc. could sue One Beacon and other insurers for the cost of cleaning up a contaminated site and paying out related asbestos claims. http://www.law360.com/articles/124514 http://www.law360.com/articles/124318 Preferred provider organization First Health Group is seeking another injunction in federal court to prevent health care providers from claiming that certain PPO discounts were improper under the Louisiana PPO statute and that they violated state workers' compensation law. http://www.law360.com/articles/124318 http://www.law360.com/articles/124357 Murphy Oil USA Inc. has settled a consolidated action brought by residents living near a Meraux, La., petroleum refinery that burst into flames June 10, 2003, allegedly causing property damage and physical injuries, with a federal court dismissing the original cases individually. http://www.law360.com/articles/124357 http://www.law360.com/articles/123937 Trinity Universal Insurance Co. of Kansas Inc. has agreed to settle with some two dozen insurers — including American International Group Inc. unit American International Specialty Lines Insurance Co. and Liberty Mutual Insurance Co. — over defense costs incurred by Trinity in an underlying suit accusing contractor D.R. Horton Inc. of botching a construction project. http://www.law360.com/articles/123937 http://www.law360.com/articles/123504 Pella Corp. has asked a federal judge to reconsider an order denying its counterclaims that Liberty Mutual Insurance Co. acted in bad faith by denying defense costs in underlying litigation that accused Pella of manufacturing defective windows. http://www.law360.com/articles/123504 http://www.law360.com/articles/123200 Century Indemnity Co. is asking a federal judge to compel Liberty Mutual Insurance Co. to help cover a portion of the $6 million that Century paid to defend Emhart Industries Inc. in an environmental cleanup action related to dioxin contamination at a manufacturing site. http://www.law360.com/articles/123200 http://www.law360.com/articles/122592 Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP said Wednesday it had expanded its insurance and reinsurance practice with the addition of partner Christoper M. Tauro, who comes to the firm from Cetrulo & Capone LLP. http://www.law360.com/articles/122592 http://www.law360.com/articles/122231 Several parties – including CNA Insurance Cos., Liberty Mutual Insurance Co., a property investment firm, and others – have objected to a reorganization proposal for bankrupt automotive systems components manufacturer Mark IV Industries Inc., contending the plan is unclear about a bevy of insurance and environmental obligations. http://www.law360.com/articles/122231 http://www.law360.com/articles/121938 Two insurers of Bridgestone/Firestone North American Tire LLC are suing the company, seeking to prevent liability for any future damages awarded to employees who claim they suffered hearing loss at an industrial facility in Louisiana. http://www.law360.com/articles/121938 http://www.law360.com/articles/120328 Hartford Casualty Insurance Co. has filed suit against poultry processor and Hartford policyholder George's Inc., as well as more than a dozen other insurance companies, in a bid to reduce its payout for damages related to pollution of the Illinois River Watershed. http://www.law360.com/articles/120328 http://www.law360.com/articles/120588 WCI Communities Inc. announced Thursday that it had emerged from Chapter 11 with $2 billion less debt and appointed five people from the financial and real estate industries to its new board of directors. http://www.law360.com/articles/120588 http://www.law360.com/articles/120378 Liberty Mutual Insurance Co. is seeking to revive a lawsuit against American International Group Inc. and its affiliated companies for allegedly underreporting workers' compensation insurance premiums, asking a federal judge to appoint it the main plaintiff in the case. http://www.law360.com/articles/120378