Litigation

Law firm Morgan & Morgan is calling on all its lawyers to not give 'an inch to carriers ever again' during legal proceedings.

Several aspects of the law are effective immediately and will affect bad faith claims, comparative negligence and attorney fee awards.

While the plaintiffs had received some relief for the damages in 2017, they contended it wasn't nearly enough to actually conduct the needed repairs and took the issue to court.

The average cost reached $64,555 on a per claim basis, according to the Triple-I, which reported dog-related injury payouts exceeded $1B in 2022.

The settlement was the maximum amount the restaurant's insurance companies could tender, court documents show.

The case involves an attack on a psychiatrist, who worked full-time instead of on an intermittent basis.