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July 27, 2026
A group of insurers owes no coverage to grocery chain Harris Teeter for amounts that its parent company, Kroger, paid as part of a $1.37 billion global settlement of opioid suits brought by government entities, North Carolina's business court ruled.
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July 27, 2026
A Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP partner wrapped up her testimony Monday in a Florida state malpractice trial brought by the founder of Patriot National Inc., telling the jury that the founder was willing to forgo establishing a floor on the value of so-called Series B warrants, which he says contributed to the company's demise.
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July 27, 2026
A U.S. Court of Federal Claims judge allowed a California-based health and life insurance services company to amend its complaint to address questions about whether it qualified as an eligible employer to claim a $50,000 employee retention tax credit refund.
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July 27, 2026
A Michigan federal judge ruled Friday that Nationwide Insurance may proceed with its declaratory judgment lawsuit against the Oxford Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy Center and the parents of a 5-year-old boy killed at the facility, noting that the insurance coverage dispute addresses issues separate from pending state civil and criminal cases involving the center.
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July 27, 2026
A group of CNA units said they owe no coverage to a textile company accused in an underlying suit of contaminating drinking water in South Carolina with so-called forever chemicals, telling an Ohio federal court that an absolute pollution exclusion in their policies bars coverage.
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July 24, 2026
Two landlords are demanding their insurance company pay for needed repairs to their Los Angeles area property after a renter's illegal cannabis growing setup sparked a fire, according to a lawsuit filed in California state court, accusing the provider of wrongfully denying coverage for fire-related repairs by reclassifying them as tenant damage.
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July 24, 2026
An Illinois federal judge has trimmed a suit accusing American Airlines of failing to prevent an intoxicated passenger from sexually assaulting a woman during a flight, holding that a federal law preempts two of the passenger's state-based consumer protection claims.
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July 24, 2026
A New Jersey state appeals court ruled Friday in a matter of first impression that Liberty Mutual must provide personal injury protection to an uninsured pedestrian struck by a Lyft driver, holding that state statutes require motor vehicle liability policies for ride-hailing companies to cover pedestrians even though the applicable law does not specifically mention that.
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July 24, 2026
An insurer said it has no duty to defend or indemnify the operator of a Massachusetts country club that is accused of overserving an intoxicated patron who was later injured in a crash, telling a Virginia federal court Friday that its policy's liquor liability exclusion eliminates any possibility of coverage.
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July 24, 2026
Another Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP attorney took the stand Friday in a Florida malpractice trial brought by the founder of Patriot National Inc. to push back on the idea the founder was actually a client of the firm in the time leading up to his insurance services company declaring bankruptcy.
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July 24, 2026
A building products manufacturer has settled its coverage dispute with Old Republic Insurance Co., though its claims against Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance Co., seeking $9.8 million in coverage for defense and settlement costs in other litigation, remain unresolved.
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July 24, 2026
Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP said Thursday it has hired a former counsel in Sidley Austin LLP's insurance practice as a partner for its Los Angeles office.
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July 24, 2026
CVS urged New York and Michigan federal courts to toss separate suits brought by hospital operators accusing the health giant of diverting savings from the federal 340B Drug Pricing Program to itself, saying the suits purport to raise key questions about the program when they actually concern simple contract disputes.
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July 24, 2026
The past week in London has seen financial advice firm Smith Square Partners sue ailing social housing company Home REIT, Pogust Goodhead hit with a contract claim by one of its investors, and Entain faced with its latest claim in expanding litigation linked to alleged bribery at its former Turkish business. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K.
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July 23, 2026
A dental practice is urging a Washington federal court to stop UnitedHealth from withholding future reimbursements, saying the insurer has failed to fully explain its assertion that it overpaid the practice more than $5 million for past claims, in a lawsuit filed Wednesday.
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July 23, 2026
Everest National Insurance Co. told a Texas federal court it has no duty to pay for Bush & Bush Law Group PC's defense in 14 barratry lawsuits, but the firm has taken to litigation to try to strong-arm it into doing so.
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July 23, 2026
The Tenth Circuit on Thursday overturned a lower court ruling that AstraZeneca lacked immunity from an experimental COVID-19 vaccine trial participant's lawsuit seeking medical compensation after she suffered debilitating injuries, saying a federal statute providing immunity for vaccine developers covers her contract breach claims.
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July 23, 2026
Heading into the back half of 2026, insurance attorneys can expect federal and state courts to interpret how general liability policy language applies to some of the industry's biggest emerging risks. Law360 Insurance Authority breaks down three CGL-related cases.
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July 23, 2026
The Colorado Insurance Code's reference to "unfair business practices" in a statute governing insurers' responsibility for the acts of their producers is not limited to various "unfair methods of competition" and "unfair or deceptive acts or practices," a state appeals court said in a matter of first impression Thursday.
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July 23, 2026
A Missouri appellate court upheld a win for a group of insurers on their arguments that a "your products" policy exclusion applied to bar coverage of alleged damages from drugmaker Mallinckrodt's unbranded marketing of opioid products.
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July 23, 2026
State high courts took the lead on specialty line insurance issues in the first half of 2026, including on cyber recovery disputes and the nuances of directors and officers coverage. Law360 has a midyear look.
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July 23, 2026
A sushi chef appealing a nearly $600,000 default judgment in an underlying action urged a Georgia federal court to toss an insurer's suit against him and his former counsel, arguing that his appeal should be handled first.
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July 23, 2026
A New Jersey federal judge has shuttered a worker's suit claiming soup producer The Campbell's Co. imposed an illegal fee on employees if they used tobacco, ruling that his case fell apart because he never disclosed whether he enrolled in a program that would have allowed him to dodge the extra charge.
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July 23, 2026
Federal prosecutors are perplexed by the carousel of defense attorneys that has emerged to represent billionaire Greg Lindberg in his political corruption and wire fraud cases, according to a motion Thursday asking a judge to determine who is now defending the insurance mogul.
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July 23, 2026
A retired Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP partner who handled the fundraising vehicle alleged to have destroyed Patriot National Inc. told a Florida jury Thursday that he flagged deal terms that later became detrimental to the insurance services company.