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The Delaware Supreme Court agreed to review a lower court's finding that defense costs paid by 3M in underlying multidistrict litigation over the company's combat earplugs could not satisfy the self-insured retention of its subsidiary's insurance policies.

A transportation company told a Connecticut federal court that a subcontractor hired to transport a jet engine that was damaged en route to Alabama must defend and indemnify the company in an insurer's suit seeking to recover more than $6.7 million paid to the manufacturer of the engine.

The insurer for the city of West Haven, Connecticut, will pay more than $1 million to offset losses caused by the theft of federal COVID-19 relief funds by a former state representative and city employee, according to a press release.

The Ninth Circuit backed the dismissal of a Seattle convention center operator's suit seeking coverage for pandemic-related losses, saying Monday that COVID-19 and resulting government shutdown orders did not cause the requisite physical loss or damage to the center to trigger coverage.

A Savannah, Georgia, roofing company agreed to drop its suit accusing a government contractor and an insurer of not paying for about $352,000 of labor and materials it contributed to a construction project at a U.S. Army base.

A Savannah, Georgia, roofing company agreed to drop its suit accusing a government contractor and an insurer of not paying for about $352,000 of labor and materials it contributed to a construction project at a U.S. Army base.

A group of foreign and domestic insurers pushed back against a New Orleans suburb's bid to vacate an order granting arbitration in a coverage dispute over Hurricane Ida damage, telling a Louisiana federal court that the city waived any arguments opposing arbitration.

La. City Must Arbitrate Hurricane Ida Claims, Insurers Say

A New Orleans suburb urged a Louisiana federal court to vacate its order forcing the city to arbitrate its claims against a group of domestic insurers over Hurricane Ida damage in light of a recent Louisiana Supreme Court decision nixing arbitration as an option.

La. City Seeks To Ax Arbitration Order In Storm Coverage Suit