SETTLEMENT: $1,559,928.04 ($2 million policy limits less $334,216.01 voluntary payments and some defense costs) advance paid to glazier who fell 15 feet onto concrete floor when temporary staircase collapsed at construction project. [Read more…]
$1 million settlement, death from falling pipes
SETTLEMENT: $1 million, trucker fatally injured by falling pipes during unloading of flat-bed trailer. [Read more…]
$6.5 million settlement, semi/motorcycle, injuries/death
SETTLEMENT: $6.5 million, illegal left turn from right lane of 2-lane road by semi into motorcycle, multiple injuries culminating in death from pulmonary embolism, settlement following summary judgment for Plaintiff on liability & causation. [Read more…]
$11 million settlement, driller arm amputation
SETTLEMENT: $11 million, traumatic arm amputation in drilling accident. [Read more…]
$2,245,000, rear-end push into 4 motorcycles
MOTORCYCLES/AUTOS: $2,245,000, rear-end push of uninsured vehicle into 4 motorcycles with 6 riders… 5 insurers, $1,295,000 liability, $450,000 UIM, $450,000 UM, $45,000 property damage for motorcycles, $5,000 for auto. [Read more…]
Comp exclusivity, “immediate employer,” PEO
COMP EXCLUSIVITY: Trucking company was an “immediate employer” (employer-in-fact) of driver assigned by PEO (employer-at-law) which paid comp premiums. . . PEO Act not violative of Art. II §16 full redress. . . trucking company entitled to immunity from tort claims by injured driver. . . Townsend affirmed. [Read more…]
Comp exclusivity, trucking employee, PEO
COMP EXCLUSIVITY: Trucking company was immediate employer of employee assigned by PEO, entitled to comp exclusivity… unconstitutionality of PEO Act not proven… Townsend. [Read more…]
Insurance, work comp offset, double recovery
INSURANCE: Work comp offset unambiguous, does not result in “double offset” for UIM insurer, precludes double recovery for insured… Strong. [Read more…]
Insurance, BCBS PPA, 3rd-party auto insurers
INSURANCE: No legal duty under PPA for hospital or clinic to charge 3rd-party auto insurers at BCBS reimbursement rate, contract/fraud claims properly dismissed for failure to state claim… Todd, Fagg affirmed. [Read more…]
Settlement, insurance bad faith
INSURANCE BAD FAITH: Bus rollover bad faith case settled following Plaintiff’s objection to Ostby’s recommendation that insurers had reasonable basis for intervening causation [Read more…]