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Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley

Alligators, Sinkholes, and Other Unusual Florida Hazards That Can Cause Car Accidents

Drivers across the United States face a variety of risks on a daily basis. Unfortunately, Florida drivers face more risks than others. Florida has more fatal car accidents than almost any other state, with nearly 10 people...more

Perkins Coie

Responding to Hurricane Helene: Making Insurance Claims That Get Paid

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Hurricane Helene has carved a path of devastation through the American Southeast, exposing continued shortcomings in local, state, and federal infrastructure and causing harm to both persons and property....more

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Litigation Over Lahaina Wildfire Commences as Residents Claim Negligence of Hawaiian Electric Industries Resulted in Over 100...

Earlier this month, wildfires tore through the Island of Maui. While the fires affected an estimated 17,000 acres, the town of Lahaina was hit the hardest, leaving over 114 people dead and another 850 missing. More recently,...more

Husch Blackwell LLP

50-State Update On COVID-19 Business Liability Protections

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A number of states have passed or are considering passing legislation to shield certain businesses from liability from claims for injury caused by exposure to COVID-19. Generally, the laws require that the business was in...more

Morgan Lewis - Up & Atom

Lessons from the Ninth Circuit’s Recent Fukushima Ruling

A panel of the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on May 22 issued an order upholding a trial court’s dismissal of the long-running Cooper v. Tokyo Electric Power Co. Holdings Inc. lawsuit. ...more

Cranfill Sumner LLP

Total Eclipse of Comp

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Examining An Injury Resulting from an Eclipse Under North Carolina Law - On August 21, 2017, many of us in North Carolina looked up at the sun to view the rare phenomenon of a total or near total eclipse. In most...more

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