A recent insurance-linked court outcome outside Louisiana is broadly instructive, setting forth a judicial ruling and reasoning that is logically of interest to national insurers.OneBeacon is one such insurer. That company offers insurance products to consumers across...
Month: August 2018
Major health insurer cites justification for policy change
You want it, we’ve got it.Evidence, that is. Scores of pages of it, which sets forth in numbing detail shockingly high medical charges levied by emergency room care providers.Here are just a few examples:$7,000 bill applicable to a patient’s sunburn15 lab tests for a...
A continuing look into the slippery slope of slip and fall
We stressed in a recent blog post the “wide world of considerations” that exist for insurance companies protecting individuals, families, businesses and government entities against risk and liability. We underscored in our August 9 blog entry that insurers act in...
Premises liability cases require additional perspectives
Premises liability claims can pop up anytime, anywhere in Louisiana. It doesn’t matter if it’s in a parking lot, the baking aisle of a grocery store or at an amusement park. Accidents happen in a continuous stream. That is why an experienced defense is so important....
Slip-and-fall litigation can be, well, slippery itself
Imagine the world of risk and liability from the perspective of an entity that insures against it. For both Louisiana-based insurers and national companies, daily concerns span a truly wide universe of considerations.We note some of those on our insurance defense...
Travel insurance becoming increasingly popular
It appears that international vacations are something more and more Americans are taking these days. According to AAA, the number of American family travelers that engage in international travel is expected to be 9 percent higher in 2018 than it was two year ago.This...