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Apr-19-09 Washington, DC If you are reading this article, then you or a loved one has probably had difficulty getting a long term care insurance claim approved. In fact, you may feel that your long term care insurance benefits were denied unfairly. If so, you are not alone. Some long term care insurance companies have faced lawsuits alleging that they unfairly den... - A Big Case of Bad Faith Insurance
Mar-27-09 Cedar Rapids, IA With the flooding season now upon us (Fargo), and the summer hurricane season approaching, the insurance industry is bracing for its own season of payouts. But for every challenge faced by the insurance industry, homeowners face two: dealing with disaster, followed by the potential for bad faith insurance when it is time to collect what... - Long Term Care Insurance Consultant discusses Prompt Pay Law and more…
Jan-7-09 Indianapolis, IN Heather Harley is a long term care health insurance consultant: It is her job to help attorneys and firms—and the public—to better understand health insurance claims and the insurance processes, including Prompt Payment laws. Harley says claims are reviewed on a case by case basis by one or multiple adjustors, depending on the s... - Surviving Insurance Companies After a Car Accident
Oct-30-08 Elmhurst, IL When you are involved in a car accident, you expect that the insurance company will take proper care of you, especially if you were not at fault in the accident. However, many people report having a lot of trouble dealing with insurance companies following their auto accidents. Dellene H. says she has had nothing but trouble getting the insu... - Force-Placed Insurance Class-Action Settlement Approved at $140 Million
Sep-18-15 Miami, FL A settlement deal reached in April between defendants in a Lender Insurance lawsuit and homeowners over Force-Place Insurance premiums that were allegedly inflated was formally approved by a federal judge in Florida September 14. The final bill for defendants Ocwen Financial Corp. and Assurant Inc. will be $140 million. Lenders insurance i... - Toxic Herbicide Paraquat Lawsuit Claims and Risk of Parkinson’s Disease
Jul-15-22 Paraquat is a commercial herbicide widely used in the United States. Farmers have had access to it since 1962, and it is known as "gramoxone" in the country. It is used to control and kill weeds in cotton, potato, sugarcane, soybean, and vegetable varieties. This herbicide contains extremely toxic properties, which can be fatal to humans if consu... - Title Insurance Fraud
Mar-6-07 Washington, DC: Title insurance is an industry that is not well understood, leaving many people who purchase title insurance in the position of being taken advantage of. In fact, according to a CNN/Money article, in 2005 over a dozen title insurers paid tens of millions of dollars to regulators because of seemingly deceptive industry sales practices. ... - California car accidents | California auto accidents | Lawyersandsettlements.com
Auto accidents are one of the leading causes of injury and death in the United States, causing 3 million injuries and killing over 40,000 people per year. California car accidents are higher than the national average: thousands of auto accident fatalities occur each year in California for numerous reasons. California Car Accidents Nationwid... - Federal Judge Gives Nod to $300 Million-Plus Force-Placed Insurance Settlement
Mar-23-14 Miami, FL A tentative $300 million Lender insurance settlement that was announced last September and given preliminary approval a month later has been granted final approval by a federal judge in Florida. The settlement not only provides some compensation for plaintiffs embroiled in the Force-Place insurance battleground, but legal experts agree the se... - Consumers Concerned About Junk Insurance
Jan-12-14 Anaheim, CA When patients undergo important medical treatment, they assume that their insurance policy will cover them. So those who undergo lifesaving treatment just to have their California insurance claim denied are usually surprised by the denial. They are also often surprised by the high fees associated with medical care, fees they thought their d... - Sun Life Faces Potential Class Action Over Disability Contracts
Detroit, MI: An occupationally disabled woman suffering from severe back injury has filed a lawsuit alleging that Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada violated insurance reforms issued by the State of Michigan's Insurance Commissioner and applicable to disability insurance contracts delivered within the state. The lawsuit seeks class action st... - Force-Placed Insurance Lawsuit Seeks Class-Action Status
Aug-26-13 Encino, CA A force-placed insurance lawsuit filed against Bank of America seeks class-action status. The lawsuit, filed in California in 2012 by Christopher Gustafson, alleges Bank of America provided force-placed insurance from its own affiliates at a high cost to the borrower while receiving fees, payments or commissions from force-placed insurance p... - Family Farm Suing Over Pollution of Fresh Water Supply in the San Joaquin Valley
Sep-22-14 San Joaquin Valley (September 16, 2014) (Press Release) As oil companies inject underground massive amounts of salt water in the San Joaquin Valley, a consortium of law firms throughout California filed a lawsuit alleging that fresh water supplying the 92-year-old family farm is being polluted by that salt water. Palla Farms owns orchards in the San Joa... - Pay Increases in 2022 for California’s Guest Farm Workers
Jan-5-22 Sacramento, CA Farmworkers will finally see pay increases in 2022, thanks to winning a California labor lawsuit that will stop the guest farmworkers wage freeze, and also to the USDA’s annual survey results on farm labor. The U.S. Department of Labor proposed a modified formula for calculating minimum wages for agricultural guest workers on... - Cigna Settles Denied Disabilities Claims
May-23-13 Bangor, ME Cigna has agreed to settle wrongly denied disability claims with a variety of states. The states alleged three Cigna-operated companies improperly handled insurance claims. Improperly denied insurance claims can lead to bad faith insurance lawsuits against insurance companies. Maine Insurance Superintended Eric Cioppa announced on May 22,... - $1.25 Billion Settlement Reached with Black Farmers over Discrimination
Washington, DC: A long-standing class action between Black farmers and the US government reached a $1.25 billion settlement agreement Thursday, making history. The Pigford lawsuit was filed in 1997 and alleged that the African American farmers were deliberately excluded from government programs because of racism and treated unfairly with respect to... - California Launches Investigation Into MetLife Death Payment Practices
Sacramento, CA: Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones and California State Controller John Chiang have announced the issuance of a subpoena and joint investigative hearing into the practices of Metropolitan Life Insurance Company (MLIC), also known as MetLife. The hearing will focus on MetLife's practices regarding payment of benefits under life insu... - Goodbye to Glyphosate?
Jun-18-21 San Francisco, CA In the wake of the Northern District of California’s rejection of a proposed settlement that would have limited Monsanto’s future liability for glyphosate lawsuits, Monsanto has announced that it will reconsider reformulating Roundup products marketed for residential use. Bayer AG has looked to limit its potential fina... - Disability Insurance is not a Slam Dunk says Lawyer
Aug-15-17 Minneapolis, MN Disabled workers sometimes get a rude awakening when the workplace disability insurance policy they thought would help them maintain their standard of living in the event of injury or illness abruptly ends. “Many people think once the disability company finds them disabled and starts paying benefits these benefits will continue un... - Debt Settlement, Wavefire.com Inc. pays over $1 million settlement
Calgary, Alberta: (Oct-16-07) Wavefire.com Inc. officials stated that the company had entered into a debt settlement agreement pursuant to which the principal amount of $1,726,096.00 owed to a related party. The settlement was reached after the issuance, as fully paid and non-assessable, of 9,798,010 common shares of Wavefire to the related party at a pric...