by Angela Danielson | May 7, 2014 | News & Events
In a long awaited court decision of national significance, a class certification has been obtained of its first-in-the-nation class action against UnumProvident. The court certified a national class of individuals under group policies governed by ERISA who had their...
by Angela Danielson | May 7, 2014 | Healthcare Fraud
Our client was sued by GHI, a health insurer, for a refund of all health claims paid on behalf of our client’s employees under its GHI health plan. GHI improperly claimed that the health plan should never have been issued and it sought a declaration from the...
by Angela Danielson | May 7, 2014 | News & Events
In a victory for a credit counseling company, Schwartz, Conroy & Hack defeated a motion by a liability insurer seeking to dismiss a declaratory judgment action. The declaratory judgment case, brought in federal court in New Jersey, requests a declaration of...
by Angela Danielson | May 7, 2014 | Business Insurance, Insights
A local restaurant was totally destroyed by fire. The insurance company dragged its feet on the claim, and then refused to pay the proper value for various items and also outright refused to pay for the destroyed improvements and structures in the restaurant and bar....
by Angela Danielson | May 7, 2014 | News & Events
MINEOLA — Nassau County Court Judge Abbey L. Boklan did not mince words earlier this month when she threw out a larceny conviction due to ineffective counsel rendered to a man charged with insurance fraud. But what remains unresolved are an array of issues...
