In cases involving financial products, it’s pretty tricky to get national class action status.
But plaintiffs lawyers going up against Conseco Life Insurance Co. framed their case on behalf of seven policyholders as a breach of contract instead.
In cases involving financial products, it's pretty tricky to get national class action status. But plaintiffs lawyers going up against Conseco Life Insurance framed their case on behalf of seven policyholders as a breach of contract instead. In doing so, the Gilbert law firm in Washington, D.C., and San Francisco's Millstein & Associates succeeded in getting national class action status where "many other 'vanishing premium' life insurance cases have failed," said Stephen Weisbrod, a partner with the Gilbert firm.
October 26, 2010 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
In cases involving financial products, it’s pretty tricky to get national class action status.
But plaintiffs lawyers going up against Conseco Life Insurance Co. framed their case on behalf of seven policyholders as a breach of contract instead.
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