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March 21, 2024 | Daily Report Online

'Love It But Leave It': Lawyers Have Mixed Reviews for 'Compromise' Direct-Action Statute Repeal

"When you get to a point where everybody's a little bit upset, maybe you've finally found a bill that can get past both chambers and get signed by the governor," said Sen. Blake Tillery, R-Vidalia, when he introduced the bill this legislative session.
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March 20, 2024 | Daily Report Online

After Bumpy, 100-Year Ride, Ga. Legislature Taps Brakes on Direct-Action Litigation Against Liability Insurers of Motor Carriers 

The Georgia direct-action statutes still provide a narrow exception to the otherwise strident rule that direct actions by a claimant against an allegedly liable insured cannot be maintained until there is a judgment against the insured, and Georgia, therefore, remains in a reported minority of just four states allowing direct actions in any context.
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March 18, 2024 | The Legal Intelligencer

Recent Class Action Lawsuit Alleges Misappropriation of Special Needs Trust Funds

SNTs are usually for the most vulnerable of structured settlement payees as a trusted means of asset protection. SNTs will receive the periodic payments directly from the annuity issuer, and the SNT trustees have a fiduciary duty to spend the trust situs for the benefit of each beneficiary.
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March 15, 2024 | Law.com

'A Tremendous Financial Burden': Medical Providers File Class Action Lawsuits Against Change Healthcare Over Data Breach

"In the case of the plaintiff, she had to get money out of her retirement account to make payroll, purchase medications for patients and pay operating expenses because they were unable to get claims either pre-authorized, or if they were submitted, they weren't able to get them paid," Thomas A. Zimmerman, Jr., a Chicago-based attorney at the Zimmerman Law Offices told Law.com. "This is causing a tremendous financial burden on the healthcare providers."
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March 13, 2024 | Daily Report Online

A 'Shocking Opinion'?: 'Duty to Defend' Under Fire in Ga. Court of Appeals Opinion

"There isn't a businessperson in the state that's not going to not lose the duty to defend because within [the new criteria," the defendant-appellee attorney said. "They can either have the financial wherewithal or can borrow it. ... It reaches so much further than it needed to go."
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March 12, 2024 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Cigna Class Action: Algorithm Allegedly Auto-Denies 300,000 Claims

"This action arises from Cigna's illegal scheme to systematically, wrongfully, and automatically deny its insureds the thorough, individualized physician review of claims guaranteed to them by law and, ultimately, the payments for necessary medical procedures owed to them under Cigna's health insurance policies," the complaint alleged.
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March 12, 2024 | The Legal Intelligencer

Crisis Management and Communications Services: Your Client's Insurance Policy May Provide These Services to Assist the Both of You

In recent years, the world's most reputable and fastest-growing insurers are increasingly reviewing crisis communications and public relations recommendations as part of their overall coverage as another means to reduce overall risk—and rely less on legal counsel. Even if they don't have riders, endorsements or specific crisis policies, insurers are still providing guidance and encourage the use of such services.
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March 11, 2024 | Texas Lawyer

Brightline Rule: Imperfect Pre-Suit Med-Mal Form Is Not Fatal to Case

"The court crafted a fair and simple solution to what has been an overly complex problem for both sides since the statute's inception," said plaintiff's attorney Collin D. Cobb.
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March 08, 2024 | Daily Business Review

Vacated $28.6M Verdict Leads to Florida Supreme Court Precedent

"The egregious facts of this case make it especially unsuited for the majority's holding," Florida Supreme Court Justice Jorge Labarga wrote in the dissent.
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March 08, 2024 | Daily Report Online

Settlement Strategy: Line-by-Line Holt Demand Leads to $1.25M Resolution

The plaintiff is 82 years old.
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