On Behalf of McKennon Law Group PC | Aug 24, 2010 | Firm News, Insurance Bad Faith, Policy Interpretation
The genuine dispute doctrine received another blow as the California Court of Appeals held that the doctrine may not be used to refuse settlement in third party coverage cases. The recently decided case of Howard v. American National Fire Ins. Co., __Cal. App. 4th...
On Behalf of McKennon Law Group PC | Aug 23, 2010 | Firm News, Insurance Bad Faith, Insurance Commissioner, News
On July 19, 2010, Insurance Commissioner Poizner promulgated regulations designed to limit the practice of rescissions in the health insurance industry. See our blog article, New Regulations Take Aim at Policy Rescissions, on this. Last Monday, an insurance industry...
On Behalf of McKennon Law Group PC | Aug 11, 2010 | Disability Insurance, Disability Insurance News, ERISA, Firm News, Insurance Litigation Blog, Legislation, News
The Wednesday August 11, 2010 edition of the Los Angeles Daily Journal featured my article, entitled “The Waiver Doctrine, Alive And Well in ERISA Cases,” in the Perspective column. It explains a very recent case from the Ninth Cirhttp://www.dailyjournal.comcuit Court...
On Behalf of McKennon Law Group PC | Aug 11, 2010 | Firm News, Health/Medical Insurance, Legislation, News
Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner has announced new regulations that go into effect aimed at combating improper rescissions by insurance companies. These will go into effect on August 18, 2010. Poizner said in his press release of August 6, 2010: “Keeping your...
On Behalf of McKennon Law Group PC | Aug 10, 2010 | ERISA, Firm News, Health/Medical Insurance, Legislation, News
The Department of Health and Human Services issued new appeal regulations under the recently enacted Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (“Affordable Care Act”). These regulations give claimants the right to appeal decisions made by their health plan to an...
On Behalf of McKennon Law Group PC | Aug 7, 2010 | Firm News, Legislation, News
The Thursday August 5, 2010 edition of the Los Angeles Daily Journal featured my article entitled “Cell Phone Users Catch a Break,” in the Perspective column. It discusses the U.S. Copyright Office’s recent announcement regarding its decision to exempt wireless...
On Behalf of McKennon Law Group PC | Aug 5, 2010 | Case Updates, Duty to Defend, Firm News, News
Commercial General Liability (“CGL”) policies that cover personal injury and property damage require CGL carriers to defend “suits,” typically defined to mean “a civil proceeding in which damages . . . to which this insurance applies are alleged.” A question arises...
