By Ross Todd | March 5, 2019
A federal judge in San Francisco has found that an affiliate of the nation's largest health insurer breached its fiduciary duty to policyholders by following coverage guidelines for mental health problem and substance abuse issues that resulted "in a significantly narrower scope of coverage than is consistent with generally accepted standards of care."
By Steven A. Meyerowitz, Esq., Director, FC&S Legal | February 28, 2019
A federal judge in San Francisco ruled that where the only factor tying a case brought in the Northern District of California was the location of the insured's lawyer, venue should be transferred to where the insured resided.
By Steven A. Meyerowitz, Esq., Director, FC&S Legal | February 26, 2019
A federal district court in Louisiana has decided that California law – not Louisiana law – governed an uninsured motorist claim brought against an insurance company by a plaintiff who resided in both states.
By Steven A. Meyerowitz | February 21, 2019
California disaster insurance would function like home insurance but for the state — allowing the state to pay a premium.
By Steven A. Meyerowitz, Esq., Director, FC&S Legal | February 20, 2019
A federal judge in California has ruled that an automobile insurance policy that provided liability coverage for “property damage” did not cover nonphysical “stigma damage” to an automobile that had been struck by another vehicle.
By Cheryl Miller | February 1, 2019
A snapshot of some of the money and clients of the nation's biggest law firms lobbying in California.
By Steven A. Meyerowitz, Esq., Director, FC&S Legal | January 22, 2019
A federal district court in California has ruled that a short form power of attorney did not authorize the person granted the power of attorney to change the beneficiary on the grantor's life insurance policy.
By Steven A. Meyerowitz, Esq., Director, FC&S Legal | December 14, 2018
The First District Court of Appeal has affirmed decisions setting aside millions of dollars of default judgments in asbestos cases on the basis of “extrinsic mistake.”
By Ross Todd | December 13, 2018
"District judges must require a showing of nationwide impact or sufficient similarity to the plaintiff states to foreclose litigation in other districts, from Alaska to Puerto Rico to Maine to Guam," wrote Judge J. Clifford Wallace in narrowing an injunction barring changes to rules affecting contraceptive coverage under the Affordable Care Act.
By Ross Todd | December 12, 2018
Lawyers for affiliates of UnitedHealth Group Inc. claim that the lawsuit "challenges the common sense practice that health plans reimburse health care providers with different training, experience, and licensure at different rates."
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