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New Jersey Court Holds Primary Home Insurer Must Cover Dog Bite Injury at Insured’s Second Home

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In Berardi v. FMI Insurance Co., a panel of New Jersey’s Superior Court, Appellate Decision, affirmed a lower court’s ruling, which ordered a primary home insurer to defend its insured in a dog bite lawsuit, stemming from...more

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Arizona Insureds are Legally Entitled to Recover Reasonable Rather Than Incurred Medical Expenses

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Is an insured legally entitled to recover the incurred amount of medical expenses or a reasonable amount of medical expenses? This issue often arises in first-party bad faith cases arising from uninsured motorist (“UM”) and...more

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Arizona District Court Holds "Reasonable" Medical Expenses Are Amounts Accepted by Providers as Payment in Full Rather Than Billed...

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The Holding - In Jimenez v. Progressive Preferred Ins. Co., 2020 WL 2037113 (D. Ariz. Apr. 28, 2020), a putative breach of contract and insurance bad faith class action arising from a MedPay claim, the Arizona District...more

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Iowa Legislature Addresses "Phantom Damages" in New Bill

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Governor Reynolds signed a bill this week altering and clarifying the amount of damages a claimant may recover for medical expenses in a personal injury lawsuit. This new law remedies confusion that had arisen over time...more

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Bills, Bills, Bills: Calculation of Past Medical Expenses under Texas Law

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Under Texas law, recovery of past medical expenses is limited to the amount actually paid or incurred. Section 41.0105 was enacted in 2003 by the Texas Legislature as a tort reform initiative to limit past medical damages to...more

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Dedmon: The Destiny Of “Reasonable” Medical Expenses In Tennessee Part II

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In Tennessee, personal-injury plaintiffs may recover as damages the reasonable and necessary costs of the medical treatment that they received for their proven injuries. Until recently, a plaintiff’s ability to prove a...more

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