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Sort by date 2,574 pages found matching farmers insurance- GMAC Mortgage Faces Class Action over Alleged Forced Placed Insurance Kick Backs
New York, NY: A class action lawsuit has been filed in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York against GMAC Mortgage, LLC and Balboa Insurance Company in connection with an allegedly unlawful kickback scheme involving force-placed insurance. The case is brought on behalf of a putative class consisting of all residen... - California City Lawsuit Alleges Bad Faith Insurance
Jan-9-13 Tulare, CA The City of Tulare has launched a bad faith insurance lawsuit against a Canadian-based insurance company over its refusal to cover medical bills for the deceased daughter of one if its city employees. The lawsuit is the city's response not only to the alleged bad faith insurance issue, but also to a lawsuit filed against the City of Tulare b... - California Insurance Lawsuits
Nov-12-12 Los Angeles, CA Individuals who have had their insurance claim denied should consider contacting an insurance lawyer to help them either file a lawsuit or file an appeal against the insurance company. Whether a lawsuit or appeal is filed, insurance claim help from an attorney can make the process smoother for the claimant, and may make a huge differenc... - Health Insurers' Medical Claims Denial Lawsuit News & Legal Information
Medicine and healthcare has evolved: treatments and services available today were non-existent a few decades ago. But health insurance has also evolved, often to our detriment. Increasingly, bad faith insurance lawsuits are filed against Health Insurers denying medical claims. Insurers such as Anthem & Blue Cross/Blue Shield require increasingly high co-... - Consumers Hit with Massive Universal Life Premiums Join Class Action
Sep-25-16 Los Angeles, CA: Rip off is a harsh term, although one plaintiffs embroiled in Life Insurance Rip Off lawsuits use with complete comfort. At the very least, consumers holding universal life insurance policies currently facing massive rate increases are stuck with a classic catch 22 situation, in that policyholders annoyed with rising premiums, or unabl... - hurricane damage insurance claim denial
Unfair Claim Denial and other issues related to Hurricane Katrina Property Insurance Damage Claims In light of the incredible disaster and tragedy suffered by the recent victims of Hurricane Katrina in Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida, billions of dollars in homeowner and other property insurance claims, including automobiles, bo... - Bad Faith Insurance Companies and Consumer Recourse
Feb-22-06 What recourse is there for the claimant (also referred to as victim) against Insurance Companies acting in Bad Faith? As told by Paul Cohen, Director of Communications, FBIC, (Fight Bad Faith Insurance Companies) at www.badfaithinsurance.org About FBIC:[ badfaithinsurance.org ] The idea of our website is simple - we want to show consumers that... - Farmers Win Against Bayer Crop Sciences, Jury Awards $48M Settlement
Dewitt, AR: A group of 12 Lonoke County farmers were awarded compensatory and punitive damages to the tune of $48 million by a jury in their lawsuit against Bayer Crop Sciences. The suit alleged that Bayer had been negligent in its release of unapproved genetically modified rice in to the commercial rice crop in 2006. Small amounts of the Liberty Lin... - Farmers' Market operators to pay $6 million settlement in personal injury lawsuits.
Los Angeles, CA: (May-21-08) Several civil wrongful death and personal injury lawsuits were brought against Bayside District Corp., the city of Santa Monica and George Weller, pertaining to the Santa Monica farmers' market crash, which resulted in the death of 10 people, leaving dozens hurt. The damage occurred when an out-of-control car driven by an 86-... - Clam Farmers, Evergreen and Norfolk Dredging Co. pay $1.8 million settlement for an oil spill that destroyed crop
Fort Wayne, IN: (Oct-19-07) More than a dozen clam farmers brought a lawsuit against Taiwan-based shipper Evergreen and Virginia-based Norfolk Dredging Co., alleging that an oil spill five years ago destroyed most of their crops. The suit stemmed from a September 2002 incident when some 12,500 gallons of oil oozed into Charleston waterways and polluted a 1... - Hog and Poultry Farms Public Nuisance Lawsuit
Increasingly, urban and suburban areas encroach upon agricultural operations, specifically hog and chicken farms. Conversely, farmers have also expanded their operations and disgruntled neighbors have filed "nuisance lawsuits" against farmers and ranchers. Most U.S. states have enacted the "Right to Farm Act"â€"a statute that prot... - $1 billion compensation in Indian civil rights racial discrimination lawsuit.
Fort Belknap, MT: (May-14-07) Dozens of Native American farmers and ranchers in Montana, have filed a federal lawsuit against the government, claiming that they have been dealt with unfairly in government farm and loan programs. Sixty Fort Belknap Reservation residents joined in a 1999 discrimination lawsuit that accuses the US Department of Agriculture... - San Diego County Water Authority Imperial Valley Water Dispute Settlement
San Diego, CA: (May-08-07) The Imperial Valley had filed civil charges against San Diego County water leaders claiming that the county's historic 2003 water transfer deal, to buy billions of gallons of water from valley farmers, had hurt Imperial Valley. Water Authority and irrigation district officials have been arguing without resolution over the issue... - Forced-Placed Insurance Class Action Targets Three Defendants in New Jersey
Jun-24-16 Newark, NJ: The Lender insurance lawsuits just keep on a-comin’ as homeowners fight back against alleged profiteering on the part of insurance providers and mortgage companies at the expense of the homeowner. The latest Force-placed insurance lawsuit has been filed as a class action in US District Court for the District of New Jersey. Plaintif... - Bad Faith Insurance: Computers Do the Dirty Work
May-9-09 Seattle, WA He is one of the current faces of bad faith insurance —a good guy now, given that he's no longer giving folks a hard time over their bad faith insurance claims. And Richard Dietz would certainly be a handy aid for any bad faith insurance attorney looking for an ally in the often-murky world of insurance. Dietz is a former claims supervis... - State Farm Insurance California: Customers Paying Too Much
Apr-1-07 San Diego, CA: California State Farm Auto Insurance policyholders may have paid an illegal accident surcharge if they bought their car insurance with the company any time from 1997 to 2002. The fee was charged to people who were either previously uninsured or who could not prove that they had insurance prior to buying insurance from State Farm. The ac... - HSBC, Assurant Agree to Settle Force-Placed Insurance Class Action for $1.8 Million
Apr-16-15 Colorado Springs, CO A well-known national bank that is alleged to have accepted kickbacks from an insurance provider when placing lender insurance on uninsured or under-insured properties, agreed last week to pay $1.8 million to settle a Force-placed insurance lawsuit. As part of the settlement, HSBC Bank will return some 90 percent of the commissi... - Force-Placed Insurance Lawsuits Forcing Industry to Rethink Practices
Feb-26-15 New York, NY As some force-placed insurance lawsuits move closer to resolution, more companies are announcing that they are stopping force-placed insurance practices. Meanwhile, federal regulators have also considered implementing new rulings to curb unethical practices used by some companies in the industry. Force-placed insurance, sometimes called... - Cigna Long-term Disability Lawsuit Information & Legal News
Cigna faces allegations from policyholders that it unreasonably delays or denies payment of long-term disability insurance claims. Policyholders allege they pay into their long-term disability policy in good faith but have their claims denied for illegitimate reasons, putting them in a financially vulnerable situation. When insurance companies such as... - Approval Given for Two More Force-Placed Insurance Class-Action Settlements
Dec-6-14 Miami, FL Two more forced-place insurance lawsuits have been given final approval by the courts, putting an end to claims that mortgage lenders force-placed insurance with excessive costs on homeowners. Meanwhile, other financial institutions have announced that they’re getting out of force-placed insurance (also known as lender insurance). In...