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Florida Insurer Can’t Object to Appraiser After the Award is Decided, 11th Circuit Says

Insurance Journal

If a property insurer is going to object to an appraisal panel member’s fee arrangement, it must do so early in the process – not after the panel provides an unfavorable, multimillion-dollar appraisal award. That was the word this week …

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Checklist for Conducting Your Law Firm’s Year-End Financial Review

Attorney at Work

Some of these could include health and life insurance, transportation subsidies, moving expense reimbursements, educational reimbursement programs, and employee loans you’ve forgiven. With an Objective Look Back, You Can Plan for Moving Forward. With an objective look back, you can plan for moving forward.

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NHTSA: 51 Million Air Bag Inflators Pose Safety Risks Despite Automaker Objections

Insurance Journal

regulator said on Wednesday it still believes that air bag inflators in 49 million U.S. vehicles assembled by 13 automakers pose serious safety risks and it is considering issuing a recall. The issue has been linked to one …

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The Standard for In Camera Review of Assertedly Privileged Documents

E-Discovery LLC

Employees Insurance Co. Plaintiff’s claim against GEICO was a third-party bad-faith insurance action. An in camera review is not appropriate merely because a party objects to assertions of privilege. For example, a “knee-jerk, boilerplate objection about undue burden,” has failed. Boilerplate” objections fail.

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Transit Driver Disabled Due to Overheated Cab Can Keep His $11.6 Million Award

Insurance Journal

Over objections by New Jersey Transit … A New Jersey Transit driver who suffered career-ending injuries from overheating after he was ordered to operate a train even though his cab’s temperature was 114 degrees can keep his $11.6 million jury award.

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Pennsylvania Supreme Court to Review Stabbing Death Ruled Homicide Then Suicide

Insurance Journal

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has agreed to hear an appeal from the family of a Philadelphia woman whose 2011 stabbing death was initially ruled a homicide before the medical examiner switched it to suicide after police objected. First-grade teacher Ellen …

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What Should Be Included in an Intake Form?

Lawmatics

Information about the at-fault party's insurance (if known) Damages: Property damage incurred in the accident Lost wages or income due to inability to work Other financial losses incurred (e.g.,

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