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The Legal Intelligencer

Justices Mull Legality of Unlisted Resident Driver Exclusions

An attorney contending that insurance policies excluding coverage for unlisted resident drivers should not be enforced asked the Pennsylvania Supreme Court on Thursday to stem what he characterized as the "disturbing trend" of insurance companies "slowly eroding coverage to the detriment of the people of Pennsylvania."
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International Edition

Hill Dickinson posts 9% half-year hike as insurance sell-off drives momentum

CEO Peter Jackson attributes renewed focus to sale of 'declining' insurance business
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The Recorder

Tenants Sued Landlord Over Missing Smoke Detectors. Its Insurer Did Not Have To Defend Because There Were Missing Smoke Detectors.

An appellate court in California has ruled that the owner of an apartment building sued by tenants for missing or inoperable smoke detectors was not entitled to a defense of the lawsuit from its insurer.
4 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Appeals Court Says Workers' Comp Carriers Can Pursue Subrogation in Minor-Injury Accidents

A New Jersey appeals court ruled that a workers' compensation carrier can sue the tortfeasor in an auto accident case even though the beneficiary, who wasn't permanently injured, couldn't.
3 minute read

Daily Report Online

Georgia Woman in Coma Awakens After $3.25M Settlement

It's a rare happy ending in litigation—although it's not like in the movies, according to the attorneys, Mike Weaver and Dan Parr of the Weaver Law Firm.
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Litigation Daily

Georgia Woman in Coma Wakes Up After $3.25M Settlement

It's a rare happy ending in litigation—although it's not like in the movies, according to the attorneys, Mike Weaver and Dan Parr of the Weaver Law Firm.
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

With Faulty Rate Hike, Insurers Game the System

Pennsylvania's independent nonprofit workers' compensation insurance rating bureau filed documents recently stating that premiums across the state were erroneously raised earlier this year after a major insurance carrier “materially overstated” its reported losses from payouts to injured workers.
5 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Appellate Lawyer of the Week: Dallas Lawyer's Math on Chain-Reaction Accident Saves Client $1M

Dallas attorney R. Brent Cooper recently took a math question to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit on behalf of a primary liability insurer in a dispute over a serious multi-vehicle accident.
5 minute read

New York Law Journal

NY Risk Adjustment Rule Paused as UnitedHealthcare Appeals Dismissal of Challenge

The Second Circuit granted a motion for a preliminary injunction from UnitedHealthcare this week while the insurer appeals a decision from U.S. District Judge John Koeltl of the Southern District of New York that dismissed its lawsuit against the state in August.
5 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

$55K in Fees for Insured's Breach-of-Contract Case Against Insurer Was Not 'Reasonable Fee'

An insured seeking no more than $20,000 in medical benefits from her auto insurer could not reasonably pay $55,000 in attorney fees, a magistrate judge in Pennsylvania has opined.
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