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Cozen O'Connor

Recent Bad Faith Cases Regarding Reasonableness of Medical Treatment

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In two recent cases, the courts showed substantial deference to patients’ treating physicians in determining the reasonableness of medical treatment. This deference appears to reflect a reluctance of courts to decide what...more

Saul Ewing LLP

Seventh Circuit: No Bad Faith Failure to Settle Where Insurer Did Not Believe Adverse Judgment Was Reasonably Probable Despite...

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The United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, in Surgery Ctr. at 900 N. Michigan Ave., LLC v. Am. Physicians Assurance Corp., Inc., No. 18-2622, 2019 WL 1855397 (7th Cir. Apr. 25, 2019), affirmed a lower court...more

Robinson+Cole Massachusetts Appellate Blog

Appeals Court: No Bad Faith For An Insurer’s Legitimate Exercise Of A Contractual Right Or Its Settlement Within The Policy Limit...

In a Rule 1:28 decision applying New Hampshire law, the Appeals Court affirmed the entry of summary judgment dismissing a doctor’s suit accusing her professional liability insurer of improper settlement of a claim without her...more

Maynard Nexsen

South Carolina Court Decides Key Health Care Case - Physical therapists win in employment lawsuit

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The South Carolina Supreme Court has decided a case with great significance in the health care industry. The court overturned a ban on physicians employing physical therapists and gave guidance regarding how state agencies...more

Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr LLP

Court of Appeals of Michigan: Trial Court’s Incorrect Instruction on the Definition of Bad Faith Did Not Require Reversal

Tibble v. Am. Physicians Capital, Inc., No. 306944, 2014 WL 5462573 (Mich. Ct. App. Oct. 28, 2014). The Michigan Court of Appeals holds that although the trial court erred when it defined “bad faith” for the jury, the...more

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