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New Excess Verdict Demand Letter Requirements

There have been no express judicial or legislative standards of when and how reasonable settlement demands should be made, until now, according to Arnie Levinson of Signature Resolution.
6 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Insurance Company Seeks Permission Not to Cover Water Treatment Fixes

The insureds discovered PFOS and PFOA in the water they pump up from the Main San Gabriel Groundwater Basin to sell to its customers.
1 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Too Late: Court Rules for Insurer in Case Hinged on a Late Discovery

The case turns on whether a client who bought disability and whole-life policies in 2005 waited too long when he brought suit in 2018.
3 minute read

International Edition

Former Insurance Company In-House Counsel to Lead BLG's Insurance Team

Partner Rick Da Costa joins the firm's financial services group in Toronto.
2 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Duty of Insurer to Defend Versus Indemnify Is Distinct, Says U.S. Fifth Circuit

The Fifth Circuit reversed and remanded, however, on the duty to indemnify. The panel took this stance, not because it found the insurer must compensate Copart should damages be awarded, but because the ruling of the district court was premature.
4 minute read

Law.com

Aetna, MLB Benefit Plan Hit With ERISA Suit Over Denied Mental Health Coverage

"Health insurance is meant to help people when they are the most vulnerable, and Aetna violated this most basic, and most important trust. The company's use of boilerplate denials based on illegal technicalities isn't just wrong, it's unconscionable," said Chris C.'s attorney, David Lilienstein of DL Law Group, in San Francisco.
5 minute read

Daily Business Review

Florida Insurance Lawyers Turn to Corporate Clients as Ordinary Cases Face Extinction

"The people who need help the most that are going to be the most hurt," said Miami litigator Oliver Birman, describing the consequences of a tort reform measure enacted in March.
4 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Travelers Insurance Co. Wants No Part of This Murder-Conspiracy Claim

David Schlachet faces a lawsuit over the death of his wife, Lara Nadia Anike Prychodko.
3 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Let History Be Your Guide: Pa.'s Chance to Stem the Ill-Conceived Tide

This article discusses the current Pennsylvania Superior Court split resulting from the Ungarean and MacMiles v. Erie Insurance Exchange, 286 A.3d 331 (Pa. Super. 2022) decisions, and why the Pennsylvania Supreme Court should adopt the reasoning in Ungarean.
8 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Ex-NFL Player's Workers' Comp Award Tossed on Insurer's 2nd Appeal

In seeking judicial review of the state administration panel's decision, it was Fortenberry, not Great Divide, that had the burden of establishing he did not elect to receive benefits under the collective bargaining agreement, or that he was not required to make an election, the opinion states.
4 minute read

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