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Driverless Cars Give Insurers New Vehicle to Criticize California's Rates Law

For almost 29 years, California insurers have uttered the phrase "Proposition 103" like a curse. Insurers say the rating scheme is illogical and restrictive and unfairly benefits urban drivers at the expense of rural residents. The rise of autonomous vehicles has industry leaders questioning whether Prop 103's days are numbered.
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Daily Report Online

$4.25M Workers' Comp Settlement to Provide Lifetime Care for Injured Painter

A painter who was injured falling from a ladder has reached a $4.25 million workers' compensation settlement more than five years after the accident.
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Daily Report Online

$4.25M Workers' Comp Settlement to Provide Lifetime Care for Injured Painter

A painter who was injured falling from a ladder has reached a $4.25 million workers' compensation settlement more than five years after the accident.
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The Legal Intelligencer

Wise v. Hyundai Motor Co., PICS Case No. 17-0719 (C.P. Monroe Dec. 16, 2016) Williamson, J. (7 pages).

Plaintiffs reached a settlement agreement where they made a demand for policy limits and defendants' counsel indicated acceptance. The parties' course of conduct was consistent with a settlement agreement having been reached.
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The Legal Intelligencer

Welby-Cadden v. Guardian Life Ins. Co. of America, PICS Case No. 17-0729 (C.P. Lackawanna May 5, 2017) Nealon, J. (7 pages)..

The defendant insurance company was not entitled to judgment on the pleadings since the jury, as trier of fact, was tasked with determining the credibility and weight to be attributed to the conclusions of the parties' experts. The court denied defendant's motion for judgment on the pleadings.
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Daily Report Online

GEICO Loses Bid to Limit UM Liability

In a closely-watched fight between an insurance company and its policyholders over uninsured and underinsured motorist coverage, GEICO's counsel wants the limit set at $25,000, but for now the courts have sided with the customers' argument that it should be $100,000.
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The Legal Intelligencer

Driver Alleged Rear-Ender Caused Cervical Herniations

On Oct. 23, 2014, plaintiff Samantha Finore, 29, an accounts-payable clerk, was stopped at a red light on Street Road, in Northeast Philadelphia, when her sedan was rear-ended by a sport utility vehicle. She claimed neck injuries.
9 minute read

The American Lawyer

Merger Creates 180-Lawyer Regional Health Care, Insurance Shop

Long Island's Rivkin Radler has agreed to acquire Iseman, Cunningham, Riester & Hyde, a 16-lawyer shop with two New York offices in Albany and Poughkeepsie.
14 minute read

New York Law Journal

Merger Creates 180-Lawyer Regional Health Care, Insurance Shop

Long Island's Rivkin Radler has agreed to acquire Iseman, Cunningham, Riester & Hyde, a 16-lawyer shop with two New York offices in Albany and Poughkeepsie.
14 minute read

Delaware Business Court Insider

Del. Supreme Court Clarifies, Applies Choice of Law to Multistate Disputes

In a recent decision, the Delaware Supreme Court considered the "fundamental question" of whether "Delaware courts are required to treat insurance contracts that are part of a broad insurance program as legal documents with meaning that varies substantially based on where each claim happens to arise."
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