\”Substantially identical policy exclusions were considered and applied during litigation following Hurricane Camille, and none of the courts who considered this language found it to be ambiguous or otherwise unenforceable,\’\’
Hmmmm, Perhaps Dickie Skruggs should go back to law school. It appears he is the one who needs more leanin\’.
\”In August, Senter ordered Nationwide to pay the Leonards about $1,228 more … for wind damage. That money, which Nationwide paid on Monday, will be held by the court pending the outcome of any appeal.\”
In other words, as long as Dickie Scruggs is trying to hit a home run, the Leonards don\’t even get to collect their $800 (assuming their lawyer gets 1/3. If he gets 1/3 plus expenses, then its probably moot because the Scruggs expenses probably exceed the verdict.)
Just the costs of defending such a law suit is expensive for the insurance comnpanies and the attornies know this. The more legal costs that the planitiff lawyer\’s can force on these companies to incurr the more likely they might be to make a \” business decsion\” to settle some out of court. Hopefully that won\’t happen as these types os suits should not have even be allowed to be filed to begin with. There is enough case law already on the books on this subject.
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\”Substantially identical policy exclusions were considered and applied during litigation following Hurricane Camille, and none of the courts who considered this language found it to be ambiguous or otherwise unenforceable,\’\’
Hmmmm, Perhaps Dickie Skruggs should go back to law school. It appears he is the one who needs more leanin\’.
\”In August, Senter ordered Nationwide to pay the Leonards about $1,228 more … for wind damage. That money, which Nationwide paid on Monday, will be held by the court pending the outcome of any appeal.\”
In other words, as long as Dickie Scruggs is trying to hit a home run, the Leonards don\’t even get to collect their $800 (assuming their lawyer gets 1/3. If he gets 1/3 plus expenses, then its probably moot because the Scruggs expenses probably exceed the verdict.)
Just the costs of defending such a law suit is expensive for the insurance comnpanies and the attornies know this. The more legal costs that the planitiff lawyer\’s can force on these companies to incurr the more likely they might be to make a \” business decsion\” to settle some out of court. Hopefully that won\’t happen as these types os suits should not have even be allowed to be filed to begin with. There is enough case law already on the books on this subject.
Dickie has hit for over a billion so far. I don\’t think he has to waste a lot of time at law school even with this little set back.