ERISA: Disability insurer improperly changed injury causing disability designation from MS to below-knee amputation to take advantage of med-mal settlement as deductible source of income. . . beneficiary entitled to reinstatement of full amount of settlement offset. . . attorney-client privilege not applicable to documents pre-dating denial of appeal. . . beneficiary entitled to attorney fees. . . Molloy. [Read more…]
$300,000 punitives review
PUNITIVES REVIEW: $300,000 punitives for farm cooperative education director following $232,439.40 compensatory damages verdict on wage/wrongful discharge claims affirmed… Defendant waived opportunity to present net [Read more…]
$348,613 attorney fees, nonsegregable wage claims
ATTORNEY FEES: $348,612.50 fees, $18,958.01 costs awarded as claimed for pursuit of nonsegregable wage claims following $532,439.40 verdict on wage/wrongful discharge claims… McKittrick. [Read more…]
$532,000 verdict, wages/constructive discharge
VERDICT: $532,000, wages/constructive discharge, farm cooperative education director. [Read more…]