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Court of Appeals Will Hear Lindsay Lohan's and Mob Wives' Star's Appeals of Dismissal of Right to Privacy Suit Against Creator of Grand Theft Auto V
- Posted By: Robert Rosborough
- Category: Case Studies
Grand Theft Auto V is the latest in a popular series of the video games where the player controls one of several main characters in a mob family/drug cartel story that takes place in the fictional city of Los Santos, San Andreas. After the game was released, Plaintiffs Lindsay Lohan and Karen Gravano (of the reality show Mob Wives) were upset at what they believed to be characters that depicted them in particular ways. In 2014, they commenced suit against Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc., the [...]
Read More ›Court of Appeals Declares that No Insurance Coverage Exists for Tower Crane Damaged During Superstorm Sandy
- Posted By: Robert Rosborough
- Category: Case Studies
In Lend Lease (US) Construction LMB Inc. v Zurich American Insurance Company (No. 11) previewed here, the owner and construction manager of a 74-story high rise being built in midtown Manhattan sought coverage for damage caused to the tower crane being used to build the building during Superstorm Sandy in October 2012. Zurich, one of the insurers of the property, disclaimed coverage on the grounds that the tower crane was not covered property and fell within one of the policy's exclusions for [...]
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