The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals in Ekhlassi v. National Lloyds Ins. Co., 926 F.3d 130 (5th Cir. 2019) found that a lawsuit brought against a flood insurer was untimely when it was not filed in federal court within one year. In this case, the 5th Circuit Court of...
Month: February 2020
COMPUTERIZED MEDICAL BILLING REVIEWS COMES UNDER SCRUTINY IN WASHINGTON
Recently, in Folweiler Chiropractic, PS v. American Family Ins. Co., 2018 WL 5729873 (Wash. App. 2018), the Washington Court of Appeals reinstated a class action lawsuit against American Family where the suit accused American Family of unfairly discounting medical...
CALIFORNIA COURT OF APPEALS REACHES OBVIOUS CONCLUSION IN AUTOMOBILE POLICY LIMITS
Insurance policies are typically issued with a split limit. First, the policy will state its "per person" limit, which is the most the policy will pay for bodily injury damages to one person. Then, the policy will state a "per accident" limit, which is the aggregate...