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Daily Business Review

What's Behind Florida Insurers Being Battered With Lawsuits These Last 10 Months?

Heading into September, nearly 100 federal lawsuits were filed against property and casualty insurers, according to Law.com Radar.
3 minute read

New York Law Journal

Attention New York Divorce Lawyers: Learn Insurance Law

A discussion of the recent decision 'B.D. v. E.D' which raises "existential questions" but offers one certain piece of advice: When drafting settlement agreements in a matrimonial case, be sure to be very specific as to what is covered in terms of the payor's obligation regarding health insurance.
8 minute read

The Recorder

Sam Bankman-Fried Sues Insurer to Cover Defense Costs in New York Criminal Trial, Other Litigation

According to a complaint filed in the Northern District of California federal court, an insurance company must pay for his legal defense "without regard to whether payments may exhaust the policy limit."
3 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Updated: Cigna to Pay $172 Million to Settle False Claims Act Allegations

"Medicare Advantage plans that submit false information to increase payments from CMS show blatant disregard for the integrity of these vital federal health care funds," Christian J. Schrank, deputy inspector general for investigations with the Office of Inspector General for the Department of Health and Human Services, said. "Such actions are an affront to the Medicare program and the millions of patients who rely on its services. Working with our law enforcement partners, our agency will continue to prioritize investigating alleged fraud that targets the Medicare Advantage program."
3 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Insurers Aren't Happy With This Company—And Have Filed a Slew of Lawsuits

Four pending suits are demanding more than $2 million in damages from Broan-Nutone over a March 2021 fire in a shopping center in Lakewood, New Jersey.
3 minute read

Daily Report Online

How We Won: Medical Billing Expert Helps Defense Lawyers Thwart $4.5M Claim

"The jury was able to compare the results of [the billing expert's] analysis to the medical bills that [the] plaintiff presented," said defense attorney D. Nathan Chong of Groth, Makarenko, Kaiser & Eidex.
6 minute read

New York Law Journal

Eastern District Holds That Exclusion Bars Defense Obligation

Recently, the Eastern District of New York granted summary judgment to an insurer, holding that the insurer had no duty to defend based on the terms of an exclusion in the policy. This decision highlights how, where the facts plainly fall within a clearly-drafted exclusion, courts will not hesitate to enforce the exclusion as written.
6 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Pa. Supreme Court Evaluates Constitutional Parameters of a Jury's Punitive Damage Award

While it is well known that an insured has a clear and convincing standard of proving bad faith in order to recover such damages, it is lesser recognized that an insured does not have to prove outrageous conduct or evil motive to prove entitlement to punitive damages.
6 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

White and Williams Expands 'Backbone' Insurance Practice With 4 Additions

Victoria Fuller, Daniel Bryer and Dirk Haarhoff join the firm as partners in Boston, Newark and New York, respectively.
4 minute read

Law.com

Massachusetts Appeals Court Says Trial Judge Lacked Jurisdiction to Rule on Insurance Dispute Against Wesco

"Here, we have concluded that Wesco's contacts with Massachusetts are unrelated to the claims in this case, and that whatever indirect contact (if any) Wesco had with Massachusetts related to Pray's claims is insufficient to satisfy due process," Massachusetts Appeals Associate Justice Peter Sacks wrote for the unanimous three-judge panel.
5 minute read

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