In recent months, it has seemed that barely a week has gone by without the announcement of a major product recall, whether it be of pet food (tainted with a wheat gluten additive), toothpaste (containing poisonous diethylene glycol, a solvent used in antifreeze that imparts a sweet taste), millions of children’s toys (the subject of four major recalls, several of which involved lead paint), almost half a million light truck tires (lacking a safety feature that guards against tread separation), or 3.6 million Ford cars, trucks, and SUVs (containing a cruise control switch linked to vehicle fires). Recalls have become so common of late that satirical magazine The Onion "reported" in late July that shares of Constitution Solutions, LLC ("COSO") "fell sharply Tuesday after several Eastern bloc constitutions written by COSO were recalled due to loopholes that allowed Vladimir Putin to re-form the Soviet Union." Stockwatch, The Onion, July 26-Aug....
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Since 2005, insurers operating in West Virginia have been able to rest a bit more easily knowing that so-called third-party bad faith or "Jenkins" claims had been eliminated by amendments to the West Virginia Unfair Trade Practices Act. A recent West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals opinion, however, could end all of that.
The regulatory infrastructure that underpins the legal profession is undergoing unprecedented change and the idea that the profession is capable of regulating itself has been irretrievably abandoned.
Reema Tabet was six when she suffered from persistent headaches and vomiting in late December 1990. She was first admitted to the Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children in Sydney on 29 December 1990 and discharged on 31 December 1990. Ms Tabet continued to suffer from those symptoms and was readmitted to the hospital under the care of Dr Gett on 11 January 1991. He diagnosed her as suffering from chicken pox and possibly meningitis and ordered a lumbar puncture, which ultimately could not be perf
As part of the ongoing review of insurance contract law, the English and Scottish Law Commissions have published Issues Papers inviting consultation on whether the current law governing the insured’s post-contract duty of good faith, in particular in the context of fraudulent claims, and the broker’s liability for premium in the marine market should be reformed.
In a recent decision, the Court of Appeal has confirmed that solicitors PI insurers are not entitled to blanket access to documents seized by the Law Society following an intervention in the practice of an insured firm.
