Montana Law Week

The Weekly Digest of Montana Law

Insurance, software valuation of damaged vehicle

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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…]

$8 million settlement, $2 million fees, medical insurance

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SETTLEMENT: $8 million, national class action short-term medical insurance case with 28,767 policyholders alleging use of Data iSight software to discount medical charges to below what was promised in the policies… settlement approved by Watters following final approval hearing including Class Counsel’s requested $2 million fees and $30,729.76 litigation expenses… Class Representative’s individual non-class claims settled for $900,000 new money in addition to $75,000 paid during litigation. [Read more…]

Product liability, fire/injuries, leaking BBQ propane

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PRODUCT LIABILITY: Summary judgment rulings as to fire/injuries from leaking barbecue grill propane tank… summary judgment denied for valve manufacturer… summary judgment granted as to punitives for store, denied as to propane supplier… all affirmative defenses including misuse and assumption of risk precluded… Plaintiffs’ motion for summary judgment denied as to liability… recommendations by Cavan adopted by Watters. [Read more…]