ST. LOUIS – As the second week of trial opened in a lawsuit accusing medical and beauty products giant Johnson & Johnson of selling talc powder containing asbestos that caused 22 women to develop ovarian cancer, a noted historian told a jury companies had been lax in recognizing the danger.
ST. LOUIS – A federal court is asked to decide if an insurance company has a duty to pay the legal defense costs for the city of Ferguson, which is accused of charging illegal fees.
ST. LOUIS – An insurance company based in Rhode Island recently removed a lawsuit claiming it unreasonably denied an $800,000 hail damage claim to U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri, Eastern Division.
ST. LOUIS – An insured motorist injured in a crash involving a phantom driver alleges that his insurer has failed to pay him the fair value of his claim.
ST. LOUIS – Two individuals injured in an auto accident in St. Louis allege their insurer has refused to pay them benefits they are entitled to under the driver's policy.
ST. LOUIS – A church alleges it has sustained several hundred thousand dollars' worth of damage due to faulty repairs on its roof after three hailstorms.
KANSAS CITY – The U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri partially granted an insurance company’s motion to dismiss a lawsuit related to a dispute over the delivery of insurance payments, according to a May 22 order.
ST. LOUIS – A motorist is seeking damages from an Arkansas woman and a St. Louis woman over alleged injuries sustained in a collision on Highway 180 in St. Louis.
ST. LOUIS – In an insurance liability case against Acuity Insurance Co. U.S. District Judge John Ross granted Acuity's motion for summary judgment, finding that a defendant’s interpretation of insurance policies is “unreasonable,” in his May 15 ruling in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri, Eastern Division.
KANSAS CITY – U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri, Western Division Judge Greg Kays granted summary judgment to Oak River Insurance Co., agreeing that the company owed no duty to defend or indemnify a used car dealer that settled class action claims for $19 million over alleged deception in repossessing cars.
ST. LOUIS – A woman is seeking coverage for a claim she submitted over alleged injuries sustained when her car was struck by another vehicle in a St. Louis parking lot.
ST. LOUIS – Two individuals allege they are entitled to uninsured motorist coverage from several insurances companies over alleged injuries sustained in a collision in St. Louis.
ST. LOUIS – A husband and wife are seeking damages from their insurer and a driver after the driver allegedly disobeyed a red light and caused a collision in St. Louis.
