Orion Project Services (Houston) LLC et al v. ACE American Insurance Company
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4:16-cv-01401
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March 21, 2018
Insurance Broker Must Face Terror Attack Coverage Suit
A Texas federal judge on Tuesday denied summary judgment to insurance broker Hays Group in a suit over coverage for an oil services contractor whose worker died in a terrorist massacre, adopting the recommendation of a magistrate judge who said there were factual issues in dispute.
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July 27, 2017
Hays Wants Out Of Terror Attack Insurance Suit
Insurance broker Hays Group asked a Texas federal court Wednesday to grant summary judgment in a suit over coverage for an oil services contractor whose worker died in a terrorist massacre, saying Hays didn't cause ambiguity regarding the worker's status in the Ace American Insurance policy it sold to a recruiting firm.
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March 24, 2017
Orion Denied Early Win In Terror Attack Insurance Suit
A Texas federal judge on Thursday adopted a magistrate's recommendation issued last month and denied Orion Project Services LLC's bid for an early win on its claims that its insurer owes it defense costs for a suit brought by the family of a worker killed in a 2013 terror attack.
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March 21, 2017
Ace American Slams Objection In Terror Attack Insurance Suit
Ace Insurance Co. hit back Monday against arguments that it owes Orion Project Services LLC coverage for the death of a worker in a 2013 terror attack, saying the evidence is clear that he was not working for Orion when he died.
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March 13, 2017
Orion Objects To Order In Terror Attack Insurance Suit
Orion Project Services LLC objected Friday to a federal magistrate judge's recommendation that the court reject its argument that Ace American Insurance Co. had a duty to defend it in a suit brought by a worker slain in a 2013 terror attack, saying the judge used a too-narrow definition of "employee."
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February 27, 2017
No Duty To Defend In Terror Attack Suit, Says Magistrate
A federal magistrate judge on Friday recommended that Orion Project Services LLC’s bid for a quick win on claims that Ace American Insurance Co. had a duty to defend it in a suit brought by a worker slain in a terror attack at a BP plant in Algeria should be denied, saying the underlying suit said the worker provided services to BP, not Orion.
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November 15, 2016
Orion Rebuts Insurer Over Denial Of Terror Attack Coverage
Orion Project Services LLC told a Texas federal judge Monday that Ace American Insurance Co. should not be granted a quick win in Orion's suit seeking defense costs related to a worker slain in a terror attack at a BP plant in Algeria, saying the insurer's bid is premature.
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September 02, 2016
Ace Says Man Killed In BP Plant Terror Attack Not Employee
Ace American Insurance Co. told a Texas federal judge on Thursday it won’t pay a recruiter’s defense costs against claims over a worker who was killed during a 2013 terrorist attack at a BP plant in Algeria, saying it’s a fact the man wasn’t an official employee of the company.
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August 12, 2016
Ace Must Cover Suit Over Fatal BP Plant Attack, Court Told
Ace American Insurance Co. must cover a recruitment company's defense against claims over a worker killed during a 2013 terrorist attack at a BP plant in Algeria, because he clearly qualified as an employee under the at-issue policy, the company told a Texas federal court Thursday.
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May 19, 2016
Insurer Faces Suit Over Coverage For Fatal Attack At BP Plant
Ace American Insurance Co. was hit with a Texas federal court suit Wednesday slamming the insurer for refusing to defend a recruitment company against claims brought by the family of a worker killed during a 2013 terrorist attack at a BP plant in Algeria.