Reforms put in place in 2024 are a positive move toward repairing Louisiana’s insurance market, which has long suffered from excessive claims litigation and attorney involvement that drive up costs and, ultimately, premium rates. But more work is needed, Triple-I says in its latest Issues Brief. Research by the Insurance Research Council (IRC) – like … Read more
Microsoft has taken legal action against a group the company claims intentionally developed and used tools to bypass the safety guardrails of its cloud AI products. According to a complaint filed by the company in December in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, a group of 10 unnamed defendants allegedly used … Read more
Two plaintiffs have filed a complaint in New Jersey against their former Boy Scout troop leaders, Thomas J. Kilkenny, Jr. and Roger Brauchli, for drugging and sexually abusing them when the plaintiffs were only twelve and thirteen years old. Plaintiffs, represented by attorneys Lauren DiMartino of Brown, Goldstein & Levy and Annie Seifullah of Incendii … Read more
Attorney Monica Basche was quoted in a recent Baltimore Sun article that reported on a lawsuit she filed alongside Allen Honick of Furman Honick on behalf of their client, Shawn Addison, who was brutally beaten by three prison guards following a routine cell search. “The correctional officers’ assault on Mr. Addison, which left him severely … Read more
By Lewis Nibbelin, Contributing Writer, Triple-I From “social inflation” to “tort reform” to, simply, “fraud,” settling upon uniform terminology to describe litigation trends that drive up costs – including insurance premiums – for all Americans is a primary challenge to addressing them, according to participants at Triple-I’s 2024 Joint Industry Forum. “As we’re trying to raise … Read more
