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Doctor's Choice Physical Med. & Rehab Center, P.C. v. Travelers Personal Ins. Co., PICS Case No. 15-1887 (Pa. Dec. 21, 2015) Saylor, C.J. (14 pages).

By | January 12, 2016
The Superior Court erred in allowing a medical treatment provider to recover attorney fees from an insurance carrier that denied reimbursement after conducting a peer review since there is no express statutory authorization for fee shifting on provider challenges to peer-review determinations. Reversed and remanded.
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Corporate Counsel

OpenTable's GC Steers Toward Metromile

Pay-per-mile car insurance provider Metromile has named John Orta as its first-ever general counsel. Orta took over the post this month after serving as the senior vice president, general counsel and secretary of OpenTable Inc., where he worked since 2006.
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Corporate Counsel

Why Aren't Franchises Suing Volkswagen?

Volkswagen AG has been hit by lawsuits over its emissions cheating debacle from just about every angle. But one group has so far been conspicuously unwilling to sue the carmaker: Volkswagen's 650 franchise car dealers in the U.S.
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New Jersey Law Journal

Firm Bounced From Auto Case After Handling Coverage Fight

Pomeroy, Heller & Ley's representation of an insurer in a dispute stemming from a fatal car accident prevents the firm from also representing the defendant driver in the underlying wrongful death and personal injury case, a New Jersey appeals court has ruled.
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National Law Journal

Morning Wrap: Gun Fight | Do the Justices Have Mail?

President Obama is set today to roll out executive action on gun control. The Justice Department urges the Supreme Court to strike down Texas abortion regulations. And a public-records suit in Washington seeks any email correspondence between the solicitor general and the justices. This is a news roundup from NLJ and other publications.
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New Jersey Law Journal

Diminished Value in Automobile Damage Cases

At times, we as practitioners lack a keen sense for the obvious. Take, for example, the instance of a rear-ended personal injury client, where the natural focus is usually upon a recovery for bodily injury.
8 minute read

Law.com

'Similar Incident' Evidence Permitted at GM Trial

Evidence of similar incidents involving ignition defects and air bag deployment failures in General Motors vehicles may be introduced at the first bellwether product liability trial in January, a federal judge has ruled.
5 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Justices Highlight Shortcomings of MVFRL Peer Review

Submitting a health care provider's invoices to a peer-review organization is sufficient for an insurance carrier to challenge a treatment as unnecessary and deny reimbursement under the state's Motor Vehicle Financial Responsibility Law, the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania has held.
6 minute read

New York Law Journal

Judge in Volkswagen Case Seeks Settlement Master

A federal judge in California has asked plaintiffs lawyers suing Volkswagen for rigging U.S. emissions testing results to suggest the best person to oversee settlement of more than 500 class actions.
4 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Compliance Expert Criticizes Substance and Tone of VW Scandal Moves

So far the words and actions of the Volkswagen Group's chief executives raise questions about whether they even want to change the corporate culture that engendered a 10-year-long emissions scandal, according to attorney Thomas Fox.
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