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Kansas Court: Insurer had No Duty to Pay Policy Limit Before Demand Was Made

A claims adjuster’s sub-standard investigation of a potential fatal accident claim does not warrant a multi-million award of damages against an insurer that issued a policy with a $25,000 limit, the Kansas Court of Appeals ruled. An appellate panel on …

Indiana Court: Compensation Fund May Not Dispute Liability in Med Mal Case

Indiana’s high court has ruled that the state’s fund established to cover excess damages in medical malpractice cases may not dispute the existence or cause of a plaintiff’s injury in a case in which the medical providers previously settled the …