INSURANCE: Insurer failed to unequivocally demonstrate that UTV was not designed for operation principally on public roads and could never be a Covered Auto, now liable for $1.6 million consent judgment plus interest and attorney fees for failure to defend rollover injury claim rather than only $25,000 policy limit it would have risked had it filed declaratory action… Watters. [Read more…]
Defense verdict, transient death in garbage truck hopper
VERDICT: Defense, death of transient crushed in garbage truck hopper. [Read more…]
Defense verdict, 8th-amendment TMJ surgery claim
VERDICT: Defense, 8th-Amendment claim of deliberate indifference towards prisoner’s need for TMJ surgery. [Read more…]
Drunken fall
Alcohol major contributing cause of accident, employer attempted to stop drinking, claim barred… Sandler. [Read more…]