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Farmers Group and Truck Insurance Exchange are the latest insurers to be sued for refusing to cover restaurants’ business losses from forced closings due to the Covid-19 pandemic, in Los Angeles Superior Court.
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Billy Goat Tavern
Chicago’s Billy Goat Tavern, made famous by Mike Royko, sued Society Insurance in federal court for refusing to cover business losses caused by its mandatory closing during the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Fourteen businesses that had to close due to the Covid-19 pandemic sued Society Insurance in Chicago Federal Court, claiming it denied them coverage for business interruption insurance in bad faith.
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Virus Could Spur Avalanche of Tort and Employment Litigation
The insurance industry is bracing for a tidal wave of claims related to the Covid-19 outbreak, and experts say the new viral disease puts claimants — and the industry — in uncharted waters.
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Montana Mine Workers Advance Asbestos Suit Against Insurer
The Montana Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that a workers’ compensation insurer is liable for damage claims from people who worked at the W.R. Grace vermiculite plant in Libby, Montana.
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The Muslim owner of a tire shop in Paradise, California that was incinerated in the Camp Fire sued Nationwide Insurance in Butte County Court, claiming its adjuster responded to his expert’s claim for $175,000 by saying: “I am not paying either your bid or our bid. That Arab doesn’t need more money!”
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A federal class action claims St. Mary Medical Center, Providence St. Joseph’s Health, and Commonspirit Health violate California’s Surprise Medical Bill law by billing patients at in-network hospitals if the doctors that treated them are out-of-network.
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Choctaw and Chickasaw Nations Sue Insurers to Pay on Claims for Covid-19 Closure of Casinos
The Choctaw and Chickasaw Nations sued a group of commercial insurers Tuesday, demanding payment on business interruption claims for the closure of their Oklahoma casinos due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Read moreBorder Patrol Agent
New York Life Insurance Co. sued Dudley Joseph Bernard, a Border Patrol agent accused of shooting his wife to death; it asked a federal court what to do with his wife’s $970,000 insurance policy.
Read moreOpponents of Wildfire ‘Bailout’ Must Show Process Was Unfair
Opponents of a $13.5 billion “bailout” for California power companies must show the process used to approve a utility bill surcharge for a wildfire insurance fund was unfair to advance their lawsuit against the state, a federal judge ruled Thursday.
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House Democrats Reveal Coronavirus-Response Package
Countering economic plans from the White House centered on a payroll-tax cut, congressional Democrats unveiled an economic response to the coronavirus outbreak Wednesday that includes paid sick leave and expanded unemployment insurance.
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A federal judge on Thursday dismissed for the third and final time antitrust claims brought by California wildfire victims who accused State Farm of using software to undervalue their homes, resulting in unexpected rebuilding costs.
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Affordable Care Act Tax Penalty Faces Supreme Court Scrutiny
Focused on the individual mandate tax penalty that Congress zeroed out two years ago, the Supreme Court took up a new challenge Monday to the federal health care law.
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The Permanent General Assurance Corp. sued 227 people and entities in Bronx County Supreme Court, claiming they staged phony accidents and submitted liability claims for them and claims for treatment for the alleged injuries.
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Following Gain, California to Reopen Health Coverage Signups
More than 1.5 million people in California have purchased health insurance through a taxpayer funded marketplace, state officials announced Tuesday, the first increase in enrollment after three years of decline.
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Wildfire Victims Falter in Antitrust Case Against State Farm
Attorneys for State Farm customers whose homes were wiped out by the Northern California wildfires fought in federal court Thursday to keep alive a class action claiming State Farm issued insurance policies that intentionally undervalued their houses, and then lowballed the cost to rebuild.
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Surprise! 1 in 5 Americans Hit With Unexpected Bills After Surgery
One in five Americans who undergo elective surgery receive surprise bills — despite their insurance covering the procedure — researchers said Tuesday, with the average debt around $2,000.
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Farmers Mutual Insurance Co. sued two men and a YMCA in Platte County Court, Neb., claiming it has no duty to indemnify them for an injury during a pickup basketball game, because it was an intentional foul, therefore not an accident.
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Washington state sued Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar in federal court, claiming he is unconstitutionally pre-empting state and federal laws by requiring health insurers to send two bills to enrollees each month, one of them for “only the comparatively miniscule cost of covering abortion services.”
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