PITTSBURGH (Legal Newsline) – Federal bankruptcy court in Pittsburgh will be the venue where an asbestos lawyer accused of pocketing millions of dollars by filling out inaccurate forms fights a defendant tired of paying him.
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) – A company upset about how much it is forced to fund an asbestos trust is accusing the attorney who has taken $85 million in settlements from it of filling in the blanks for his clients.
Legal Wyoming top court sides with Sinclair refinery on fee-award question
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A Canadian oil refinery glows at dusk in Edmonton February 15, 2009. REUTERS/Dan Riedlhuber/File Photo
A Sinclair refinery can seek attorneysâ fees from Swiss insurer Infrassure under Wyoming law even though the policy was not issued in Wyoming or physically delivered in the state, the Wyoming Supreme Court held Monday in answer to a certified question from the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
In its first interpretation of a fee-award statute that applies only to insurance policies âdeliveredâ or âissued for delivery inâ Wyoming, the high court found the law âclearly and unambiguously provides that an insurance contract is issued for delivery in Wyoming if the policy issued is intended to protect an insured in Wyoming against risks in Wyoming.â
Former AOL Executive Finds Buyer For $7.5 Million Georgetown Home
AOL is in the DC real estate headlines again.
Former AOL and IBM executive Michael M. Connors has found a buyer for his nearly 7,000 square-foot, $7.5 million Georgetown residence at 3147 P Street NW (map). The home is listed with Jamie Peva of Washington Fine Properties.
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Living room. Click to enlarge.
The five-bedroom house has a grand interior with decorative pillars, ornate fireplaces, archtop built-ins, skylights and floor-to-ceiling bay windows. The listing also boasts a pool, pond, and a one-bedroom apartment above a three-car garage.
Dining room. Click to enlarge.