DISCOVERY: Default judgment on liability, expenses for non-compliance with order, preliminary injunction against competitors for intentional spoliation of computer information, discovery abuses in Internet freight brokerage suit… Haynes. [Read more…]
Insurance, duty to defend, stipulated judgment
INSURANCE: Court correctly found, without coverage analysis, that insurer breached duty to defend after recognizing policy potentially implicated, estopped from denying coverage… $29 million stipulated judgment improperly granted without [Read more…]
$2,103,301.73 verdict, motorcycle counterclaimant
VERDICT: $2,103,301.73 to motorcycle Counterclaimant against car Plaintiff, multiple fractures… $250,000/ $900,000 high-low agreement. [Read more…]
Insurance, recommended bat death settlement
INSURANCE: Insurer satisfied Endorsement by recommending settlement of $850,000 verdict by $250,000 from manufacturer and $600,000 from insurer that would satisfy parents of [Read more…]
Default judgment, set aside deemed denied
DEFAULT JUDGMENT improperly set aside because motion was deemed denied after 60 days due to mandatory time limit (not because jurisdiction lost)… deemed denial not slight abuse of discretion… Spaulding reversed. [Read more…]
Insurance, ESOP, $29 million stipulated judgment
INSURANCE: Defense of corporate officers in grocery chain ESOP litigation was tendered when insurer on notice in federal litigation and repeated requests for payment of defense costs in state action, insurer had duty to defend, policy not one of mere indemnification of defense costs, breached duty by [Read more…]
Insurance, release, policy limits plus umbrella
INSURANCE: Release in return for $250,000 MVA settlement ambiguous as to whether right to pursue additional funds from [Read more…]
Insurance/jurisdiction, MUTPA, federal v. state
INSURANCE/JURISDICTION: Washington Federal Court declines jurisdiction over dec action brought by insurer which involves [Read more…]
$140,000 verdict, chiropractic malpractice
VERDICT: $140,000, chiropractic malpractice, shoulder/elbow injuries during extremity adjustment. [Read more…]
Jury, Internet research, siding defense verdict
JURY: No prejudice from juror researching “preponderance” on Internet, new trial following defense verdict in siding case properly denied, but judges urged to instruct against Internet research… McLean affirmed. [Read more…]