California appellate courts continue to impose limits on punitive damages. On August 29, a 10-1 limit on punitive damages was upheld. In Nickerson v. Stonebridge Life Ins. Co. (link below), the jury awarded plaintiff $35,000 in damages for bad faith insurance denial of benefits and $19 million in punitive damages. The trial court remitted the …
ALERT! We have recently experienced an increase in errors by COBC and/or MSPRC in processing information and conditional payment summaries related to liability claims and lawsuits. Each entity blames the other for these mistakes. Examples of errors include, but are not limited, to the following: COBC opening a file under the wrong name and/or Medicare …
