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• The Scalia Code

  Staff Writer | March 30, 2006 4:55 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  A new mystery has enveloped Washington - just what did Justice Scali's "Sicilian " hand gesture to a Boston Herald reporter mean? Apparently, Scalia took offense at the reporter's sarcasm when he approached Scalia outside a church and questioned the Justice's impartiality in matters of church and state. The gesture was described as a movement of the fingers on one hand under Scalia's chin,...

• Bad Faith Verdict and New Suits

  Staff Writer | March 29, 2006 11:58 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Medical Malpractice

  Medical Health Insurance policyholders must be ever vigilant to get the benefits they've paid for these days, as we are reminded by two recent cases. In Marion County, a fomer hospital worker won a $1.5 Million Verdict against Lubermen's Mutual Casualty Co. for terminating her disability benefits in bad fath. Elsewhere, Blue Cross Of California has been sued by 10 former members whose health...

• Occupations used for Discriminatory Auto Premiums

  Staff Writer | March 27, 2006 4:25 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  The Consumer Federation of America (CFA) has accused Geico, the fourth largest auto insurer, of charging higher premiums to customers based on their occupations and educational backgrounds. The discriminatory practices complaint is based on internal memoranda which reveal that Geico uses such information to determine the likelihood of accidents and claims. Geico denies the allegations, but CFA...

• Medical Malpractice "Crisis" That Wasn't Is Over

  Staff Writer | March 06, 2006 5:15 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Medical Malpractice

  Just as Consumer Rights organizations predicted, the so-called "Medical Malpractice Insurance Crisis" has ended, not because of Tort "Reform", but because of the cyclical nature of insurance underwriting and investment returns.According to the American Inusrance Reform study, physician premiums increased 0% in 2005, after a modest 3%in 2004. Before that, in 2002, they had skyrocket 63%. The...

• Cromium Industry Guilty of Scientific Fraud

  Staff Writer | March 03, 2006 3:50 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  In yet another example how Corporate America intentionally manipulates data at the expense of workers, this week a team of scientists reported that the Chromium Industry had skewed data to hide the risk of lung cancer in workers exposed to low level of chromium. The orchestrated campaign by companies and their consultants was intended to persuade OSHA to weaken a proposed workplace standard. ...