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Insurance, Apex product, “employee ski day” injury

August 9, 2025 By lilly

INSURANCE: Plaintiff injured during “employee ski day” who alleges that Apex product was “effectively useless” allowed to amend to add punitives and a restructured employer… Berger. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Past Issues, State Trial Courts Tagged With: Ian McIntosh, John Morrison, Kelsey Bunkers, Paul Tranel, Ryan Heuwinkel

Insurance, software valuation of damaged vehicle

August 2, 2025 By lilly

INSURANCE: Claims that LLC’s vehicle damaged by self-insured truck was undervalued by software utilized by TPA adjuster resulting in underpaying thousands of consumers by many millions of dollars dismissed in part, allowed to proceed in part… Molloy. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Federal Trial Courts, Past Issues Tagged With: Alyssa Campbell, Emma Mediak, Hannah Stone, Ian McIntosh, John Morrison, Kelsey Bunkers, Luc Brodhead, Scott Peterson

Insurance bad faith, specialized surgery class action

June 14, 2025 By lilly

INSURANCE BAD FAITH: Class certification tentatively granted on claims related to belated approval of specialized surgery for herniated disks… Morris. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Federal Trial Courts, Past Issues Tagged With: Ally Allegretto, Christy McCann, Daniel Auerbach, John Morrison, Martin Bishop, Scott Peterson, William Sheridan

Insurance bad faith, specialized herniated disks surgery

May 31, 2025 By lilly

INSURANCE BAD FAITH: Rulings on claims related to belated approval of specialized surgery for herniated disks… Morris. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Federal Trial Courts, Past Issues Tagged With: Ally Allegretto, Christy McCann, Daniel Auerbach, John Morrison, Martin Bishop, Scott Peterson, William Sheridan

Environment, clean & healthful = stable climate system

December 21, 2024 By lilly

ENVIRONMENT: Constitution’s clean & healthful environment properly found to include stable climate system, invalidates MEPA review limitation… 16 children had standing to bring challenge… psychiatric exams of 8 children properly denied… Seeley affirmed. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Past Issues, Supreme Court - Civil Tagged With: Abby Moscatel, Alex Rate, Amanda Galvan, Andrea Rodgers, Andrew Cashmore, Andrew Grossman, Asha Brundage-Moore, Austin Anderson, Barbara Chillcott, Brian Flynn, Brian Thompson, Cale Jaffe, Catherine Smith, Christopher Winter, Clara Derby, David Rivkin Jr., Denise Juneau, Domenic Cossi, Drew Wrigley, Dustin Leftridge, Emily Jones, Eric Grant, Fredrick Ikayo, Hallee Frandsen, Jack Garvey, James Goetz, James May, Jenny Harbine, Jeremiah Chin, John Morrison, John Tabaracci, Joshua Dulberg, Julia Olson, Justin Stalpes, Kaitlin O'Donnell, Kathryn Shanley, Katie Carpenter, Keeley Cronin, Lawrence Anderson, Lee Casey, Lindsay Thane, Mark Stermitz, Matthew Dolphay, Matthew Ralph, Melissa Hornbein, Mia Hammersley, Michael Russell, Monte Mills, Natasha De La Cruz, Nathan Bellinger, Paul Lawrence, Philip Axt, Philip Gregory, Quentin Rhoades, Rebecca Davis, Rob Cameron, Robert Guite, Robert Skinner, Robin Sterling, Roger Sullivan, Ryen Godwin, Selena Sauer, Shannon Heim, Steven Wade, Tanya Washington, Thane Johnson, Timothy Bechtold, William Mercer, Wyatt Sassman

Student travel, COVID disruption refunds

May 25, 2024 By lilly

STUDENT TRAVEL: Claims of breach of contract for failing to provide full refunds for trips that were disrupted by COVID properly rejected on summary judgment… Cavan/Watters affirmed (memorandum). [Read more…]

Filed Under: Ninth Circuit Court, Past Issues Tagged With: Bridget Asay, Ian McIntosh, John Heenan, John Morrison, Joseph Cook, Kristen Meredith

Student travel COVID disruption claims

March 25, 2023 By lilly

STUDENT TRAVEL breach of contract claims related to COVID disruptions rejected on summary judgment… class certification denied… Cavan/Watters. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Federal Trial Courts, Past Issues Tagged With: Ian McIntosh, John Heenan, John Morrison, Kristen Meredith

$2,850,000 settlement, Chamber Choices class action

November 26, 2022 By lilly

SETTLEMENT: $2,850,000 settlement of Chamber Choices litigation including $950,000 fees for Class Counsel approved… Halligan. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Past Issues, State Trial Courts Tagged With: John Heenan, John Morrison, Linda Deola, Mary McCann, Michael McLean, Stanley Kaleczyc, Stefan Wall

Insurance, agent’s claim of broker negligence

February 19, 2022 By lilly

INSURANCE: Agent’s claim that broker’s negligence cost him valuable customer properly rejected… Lovell affirmed (memorandum). [Read more…]

Filed Under: Ninth Circuit Court, Past Issues Tagged With: Andrew Carafelli, Cathleen Heintz, John Morrison, Randy Cox, Thomas Leonard

$6,952,065 settlements, hospital employees’ health plans

February 5, 2022 By lilly

SETTLEMENT: $6,952,065, action for accounting, disgorgement of profits, reimbursement of losses, on behalf of 11,000 employees with health benefit plans at 5 hospitals. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Federal Trial Courts, Past Issues Tagged With: Brian Smith, Brianne McClafferty, Dave McLean, Gary Zadick, Ian McIntosh, John Morrison, Justin Stalpes, Kathleen Abke, Kelsey Bunkers, Michael Miller, Mike Black, Robert Phillips, Shane Coleman

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