An appeals court in New York upheld a Workers’ Compensation Board’s finding that an insurance carrier can be directed to pay for an injured police officer’s medical marijuana, which his pain management specialist prescribed to treat his chronic pain and reduce his reliance on prescription opiates.
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A Wisconsin woman has so far been unable to convince the courts that she is due insurance coverage for the loss of her home and property inside after her estranged husband burned the house down while she was on vacation.
Read moreA federal court in Minnesota ruled against Target in its breach of contract dispute asking the court to declare that its insurance company is liable for settlement payments the retailer made arising from a data breach in which customers’ credit card data and personal contact information was stolen.
Read moreIn a decades-long insurance dispute arising from environmental contamination at some of Olin Corporations’ manufacturing sites, a federal court in New York granted the manufacturer of chemicals and ammunition $25 million.
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California officials said Wednesday they will turn to a health care provider to fill the gaps in the state’s massive Covid-19 vaccination program after early efforts unevenly distributed the much-needed doses.
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Britain’s Supreme Court on Friday ruled that insurers must compensate small businesses forced into last year’s initial coronavirus lockdown, potentially a total payout of $1.6 billion.
Read moreThe rapper A. Boogie Wit Da Hoodie caused more than a quarter-million dollars in damage to a New Jersey home that he was leasing for $10,000 a month only to abandon it, door ajar, some time in 2018, insurers for the homeowners claim in court.
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The Ninth Circuit on Thursday lifted a ban on President Donald Trump’s proclamation that bars entry to immigrants without health care or the means to pay for hospital bills.
Read moreA federal court in California dismissed a class action that accused Allstate of double-counting the square footage of garages when determining the total square footage of properties in order to charge policyholders inflated premiums.
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Sparking criticism from environmentalists, the outgoing Trump administration said Wednesday it will not require power plants, chemical manufacturers and oil and gas producers to have insurance covering toxic waste cleanups.
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An attorney for Florida Blue, the state’s largest health insurer, asked an 11th Circuit panel Friday to uphold a ruling finding the company did not violate antitrust laws by preventing insurance brokers from selling policies for a competitor.
Read moreA federal court in California dismissed a class action brought by small businesses who claim California Capital Insurance Company wrongly denied their claims for Covid-19-related losses. The insurance policy has a pathogenic organisms exclusion that bars the claims.
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The Trump administration on Thursday finalized a health care transparency rule requiring insurers to disclose up front the real cost of common medical procedures and tests.
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Employees who use medical marijuana to cope with a work-related injury can’t get reimbursed for it through workers’ compensation, Massachusetts’ highest court held Tuesday.
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New York accused an Amish church’s former cost-sharing partner on Tuesday of running an illegal insurance business that shortchanged some 40,000 enrollees who expected comprehensive health care plans.
Read moreAn insurer argues it does not have to provide coverage to an architectural firm that built homes in New Orleans for Brad Pitt’s Make It Right Foundation because the company was aware of its own missteps and negligence in building the defective homes.
Read moreA group of Medicaid recipients sued the Texas Health and Human Services Commission, accusing it of not implementing a 2019 law that guaranteed the right of those with complex medical needs to have continuity of care with their established providers regardless of whether the providers are in-network or out-of-network.
Read moreA group of out-of-network health care providers cannot prove United Behavioral Health unreasonably restrained trade, a federal court in California ruled, dismissing the case. The plaintiffs claimed the behavioral health claims handler fixed the amount that it reimbursed them, causing them to be consistently underpaid.
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A federal judge in Texas Friday dismissed a clinic’s lawsuit claiming the National Football League pressured a health insurer to deny former players’ medical treatment claims in retaliation for test results being used in disability claims against the league.
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