Topic: Toxic Tort
UK: Revised Estimate Says Asbestos-related Liability will Cost UK Insurers Over £11bn by 2050
Jan 29, 2010 | Asbestos, Toxic Tort | United Kingdom
The UK’s Asbestos Working Party (AWP) has published its revised projection of the cost to employers’ liability insurers of the UK’s asbestos liability problem. The AWP has modelled “alternative scenarios” that suggest the cost of future claims will be between about £5 billion and over £20 billion for the period 2009 to 2050.
Read MoreUK: Scottish Court Rejects Insurers’ Challenge Over Compensation for Pleural Plaques
Jan 13, 2010 | Asbestos, Toxic Tort | United Kingdom
UK: Employer’s Liability Trigger Judgment – Appeal Starts Today
Nov 11, 2009 | Asbestos, Toxic Tort | United Kingdom
Georgia Federal District Court Finds that Hot Tub Water is “Intended for Bodily Consumption”
Nov 11, 2009 | Coverage & Claims, Product Liability, Toxic Tort | United States
The United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia recently held that an insurer had a duty to defend under a CGL policy and umbrella policy against claims relating to a hotel guest’s alleged contraction of Legionnaire’s Disease from a dirty hot tub.
Read MoreUK: Court of Appeal Decision Demonstrates the Wide Applicability of the “Fairchild” Exception for Mesothelioma Claims
Nov 10, 2009 | Asbestos, Toxic Tort | United Kingdom
In Sienkiewicz v Greif (UK) Ltd, the Court of Appeal considered the combined effect of the House of Lords’ decisions in Fairchild v Glenhaven Funeral Services and Barker v Corus and section 3 of the Compensation Act 2006 on liability for mesothelioma claims.
Read MoreEAPD WEBINAR: Up Against a Chinese Drywall – Recent Developments in the Ongoing Products Liability and Coverage Litigation
Oct 22, 2009 | Coverage & Claims, Florida Developments, Industry Developments, Product Liability, Toxic Tort | United States
UK: Mesothelioma Deaths
Oct 14, 2009 | Asbestos, Toxic Tort | United Kingdom
EAPD WEBINAR: Up Against a Chinese Drywall – Recent Developments in the Ongoing Products Liability and Coverage Litigation
Oct 8, 2009 | Coverage & Claims, Florida Developments, Industry Developments, Product Liability, Toxic Tort | United States
California Appellate Court Applies Government Contractor Immunity Defense to Boilers on Naval Vessels in Asbestos-Related Decision
Sep 24, 2009 | Asbestos, Product Liability, Toxic Tort | United States
Earlier this month, a California appellate court held that the government contractor immunity defense applies to a boiler manufactured to United States Navy specifications, shielding the manufacturer from a design defect claim.
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