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Texas Lawyer

When Minutes Are Worth Millions — Timing of Pre-Hearing Settlement Can Mean a Lot

One defendant settled for $1.2 million. Then, following a one and a half week hearing, a panel of three binding arbitration judges in a 2-to-1 ruling ordered a nonsettling defendant pay $18.1 million in damages.
3 minute read

Daily Business Review

How a Miami Law Firm Plans to Recover Billions for Medicare

An appeals court ruling and the first-ever class certification decision under the Medicare Secondary Payer law paves the way for potentially huge recoveries.
8 minute read

The American Lawyer

Insurance Industry Competition Spurs New Network's Creation

Marshall Dennehey Warner Coleman & Goggin, a 482-lawyer firm with Philadelphia and New York roots, has formed a global insurance network with firms in Canada, Spain and the U.K. The move comes more than two months after insurance industry rival Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker launched its own international network.
31 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Justices Eye Ill-Will Requirement for Insurance Bad Faith

In a case that may have wide-ranging repercussions for insurance lawsuits in Pennsylvania, the state Supreme Court heard arguments Tuesday about whether plaintiffs must present "smoking gun" evidence to successfully bring bad-faith claims against insurance carriers.
9 minute read

Litigation Daily

In Priest Sex Abuse Cases, a Sickening Calculation—and the Right Answer

Shouldn't any diocese that turned a blind eye to pedophile priests be punished monetarily? But what if that means that church goes bankrupt, with no assets left to pay the victims? Is that justice? A federal bankruptcy judge in Minnesota wrestles with the issue.
6 minute read

Daily Report Online

$5.3M Verdict in Fatal DUI Car Crash Sets Up Insurance Wrangle

The next phase of the fight will resolve liability against Safe Auto Insurance, which filed a federal declaratory judgment action three days before trial seeking to shield itself in the event of a judgment.
13 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Drug-Involved Fatal Crash Leads to $5M Settlement in Middlesex

A $5.04 million settlement in a Middlesex County suit, claiming a tractor-trailer driver treating with methadone was asleep at the wheel when he slammed into another vehicle, was paid on March 20.
5 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Insurance Bad Faith, Peer Review to Highlight Supreme Court Session

With the Pennsylvania Supreme Court's argument session scheduled to begin Tuesday, the justices are set to consider a wide range of high-profile topics, from the requirement for proving an insurance carrier acted in bad faith to the discoverability of peer review documents.
4 minute read

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