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The Legal Intelligencer

Court: UIM Policy Limit Increase a 'Purchase' Requiring New Stacking Waiver

A federal judge has clarified that increasing underinsured motorist policy limits constitutes a "purchase" requiring the insurer to offer a new stacking waiver.
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Corporate Counsel

Aetna, Settlement Claims Administrator Sue Each Other Over HIV Mailings

Aetna has sued Kurtzman Carson Consultants, blaming the claims administrator for mailings that disclosed the name and condition of thousands of HIV patients. KCC responded by filing a suit of its own against Aetna, saying that the health insurance giant and its outside legal counsel, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, were responsible.
5 minute read

Daily Report Online

How a $100K Insurance Policy Led to a $6.75M Settlement

In March 2014, a 78-year-old man traveling through Georgia on his way to Florida exited I-75 to take a break in Marietta but couldn't take his foot off the gas, according to the lawyers. As a result, a 25-year-old woman died. Friends said she made the world a better place.
4 minute read

Daily Report Online

Justices: Insurers Not 'Financial Institutions' When Employees Garnished

Answering a federal judge's certified question, the Georgia Supreme Court ruled that garnishments against a former Aflac executive do not have to be filed on special forms required for financial institutions under a 2016 rewrite of Georgia's garnishment statute.
5 minute read

Daily Report Online

Feb. 12 Deadline Approaches For Professional Excellence Awards

5The goal of the Daily Report and its parent company, ALM, is to serve the entire legal community. As part of that, we're adding new wrinkles to…
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New Jersey Law Journal

Middlesex Jury Awards $6.8 Million to Injured Motorist

A roundup of notable case results in New Jersey.
6 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Will 'Protz' be Applied Retroactively? Supreme Court Moves to Resolve Issue

As is well known, the Supreme Court in Protz v. W.C.A.B. (Derry Area School Dist.), 124 A.3d 406 (Pa. Commw. 2015), petition for allowance of appeal granted, 133 A.3d 733 (Pa. 2016), has found the entire IRE section of the Workers' Compensation Act to be unconstitutional.
5 minute read

National Law Journal

Crowell & Moring Practice Leaders Decamp for Squire Patton Boggs

As two D.C. lawyers head out the door, Crowell & Moring announced a hire of its own after plucking an IP partner from Kirkland in New York.
3 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Plaintiff's Accident Due to Failure to Use Handrail, Defense Argued

On June 2, 2014, plaintiff Ann Marie Pearson, in her mid-50s, was descending the exterior stairs of a condominium she had rented in Sea Isle City, New Jersey.
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New York Law Journal

Recognizing Outstanding Service and Distinguished Contributions 

Jonathan A. Dachs receives the John E. Leach Memorial Award from the New York State Bar Association's Torts, Insurance and Compensation Law Section.
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