ALLSTATE PROPERTY AND CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY v. DYNAMIC SOLUTIONS WORLDWIDE, LLC et al

  1. May 10, 2021

    It's Not 'Groundhog Day,' Court Isn't Bill Murray, Judge Rules

    A Pennsylvania federal judge has sanctioned Dynamic Solutions Worldwide LLC and QVC in a suit over an allegedly defective bug trap that set fire to a home, chastising them for trying to wind back the clock whenever a deadline approaches and likening the situation to the movie "Groundhog Day."

  2. May 26, 2020

    Bug Trap Maker Withdraws QVC Cross-Claims In Defect Suit

    The manufacturer of an insect trap that allegedly caused a fire that damaged a home insured by Allstate Property and Casualty Insurance Co. has withdrawn cross-claims it filed two weeks ago against fellow defendant QVC.

  3. May 14, 2020

    Bug Trap Maker Blames QVC In Allstate's Product Defect Suit

    The maker of an insect trap that Allstate Property and Casualty Insurance Co. alleges was defective and started a fire that damaged a policyholder's home is turning on QVC, arguing in crossclaims filed Thursday in Pennsylvania federal court that the retail channel is responsible for the product it sold.

  4. April 08, 2020

    Allstate Sues QVC Over House Fire Caused By Insect Trap

    Allstate Property and Casualty Insurance Co. hit retail channel QVC and the makers of an insect trap with a suit in Pennsylvania federal court Wednesday, alleging the product was defective and started a fire that caused more than $427,000 in damage to a policyholder's home.