asbestos
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Colorado justices ponder whether insurer should save company from asbestos suits
Some members of the Colorado Supreme Court appeared skeptical last week that an insurance policy that reaches beyond the limits and coverage of a company’s other policies must “step down into the shoes” of those policies after they become insolvent. The case reached the Supreme Court in an unusual way, after a federal judge asked…
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Unsalaried legislature in New Mexico asks voters to reconsider volunteer status | OUT WEST ROUNDUP
NEW MEXICO Voters to decide on paying legislators SANTA FE — Members of the nation’s only unsalaried legislature are asking voters to reconsider their volunteer status that has endured for 114 years since statehood in New Mexico. The state Senate on Feb. 17 narrowly endorsed a constitutional amendment that would do away with the state’s…
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OUT WEST ROUNDUP | Sick mine workers allege insurer delaying medical payments
MONTANA Sick mine workers allege insurer delaying payments BILLINGS – Attorneys for Montana mine workers sickened and killed by toxic asbestos exposure filed a lawsuit against Zurich American Insurance on March 21 for allegedly stalling legal settlements and medical payments after transferring the workers’ claims to investors who can profit off the delays. The lawsuit…