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June 21, 2016

AFFORDABLE CARE ACT TRIAL JUDGE REQUIRES CAUSATION, FINDING NONE, …

… GRANTS LIABILITY INSURANCE COMPANY'S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT OF NO BAD FAITH IN SETTLEMENT IN "Powell CASE" IN FLORIDA.

The District Judge who held the Affordable Care Act unconstitutional and was later reversed by the U.S. Supreme Court, granted a liability carrier's motion for no bad faith failure to initiate settlement negotiations on the ground that the record did not reflect causation of the claimed bad faith damages.  Welford v. Liberty Ins. Corp., No.: 3:15-cv-333/RV-CJK, 2016 WL 3360431 (N.D. Fla. June 2, 2016).

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Posted by on June 21, 2016 at 11:43 AM in Bad Faith, Settlement Demands and Offers |

Tags: bad faith in settlment, Florida, Powell, settlement

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