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Good Faith Medical Malpractice

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New York Court Rules to Affect Medical Malpractice Motions

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Chief Administrative Judge Lawrence K. Mark’s December 29, 2020 Administrative Order includes several new rules that will be extended from the Commercial Division to other civil courts, including Supreme Court, the...more

Pullman & Comley - Connecticut Health Law

Notable 2020 Connecticut Decisions Affecting Health Care

Plaintiff Cannot Cure Defective Malpractice Opinion Letter with an Affidavit Connecticut law requires that a plaintiff in a medical malpractice action demonstrate the existence of his or her good faith by obtaining a written...more

Cozen O'Connor

Massachusetts: Third-Party Claim Handler Made Reasonable, Prompt Efforts to Settle Nursing Home Liability Claim, and Therefore Was...

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On March 18, 2019, the First Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a decision holding that Sedgwick Claims Management Services made reasonable and prompt efforts to settle a nursing home liability claim, and therefore was not...more

Haight Brown & Bonesteel LLP

New Factors to Determine Whether a 998 Offer is Valid and Made in Good Faith

In Licudine v. Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, No. B286350, the Court of Appeal, Second Appellate District, Division Two, recently held that there are three factors especially pertinent to determine whether a Statutory Offer to...more

Carlton Fields

Reinsurance Exclusion Bars Coverage For Bad Faith Lawsuit

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A federal judge in North Carolina recently examined a reinsurance policy provision excluding loss “resulting from any claim for . . . any actual or alleged lack of good faith or unfair dealing in the handling of any claim or...more

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