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Opening Statement of the Week: Robert Eglet in Meyer v. Health Plan of Nevada

Posted by Arlin Crisco on Oct 20, 2014 9:24:00 AM

As we highlighted last week, ensuring a jury understands a suit’s narrative is one of the key goals of a trial’s opening statement and is a critical component to building a winning case. However, when the events and relationships underlying a suit are particularly complex, as is often the case with lawsuits against insurers, breaking down the narrative into a clear, cogent storyline can be difficult. In openings of Meyer v. Health Plan of Nevada, Robert Eglet, representing plaintiffs in a suit against their HMO, combines a descriptive timeline and eye-popping details in illustrate his claim that the HMO was responsible for the insureds contracting hepatitis C.

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Topics: Negligence, Insurance, Opening Statement of the Week, Trial Techniques, CVN National, Helen Meyer v. Health Plan of Nevada Inc. et al.

CVN to Air Possible Half-Billion Dollar Nevada Suit Against HMOs

Posted by Courtroom View Network on Oct 15, 2014 1:53:00 PM


Las Vegas—UnitedHealth Group HMOs could face more than a half-billion dollars in damages for their alleged role in the hepatitis infection of one of their clients, as jury selection is scheduled to begin in a Nevada negligence suit October 20. Bernard Paul v. Health Plan of Nevada Inc., et al.

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Topics: Negligence, Insurance, CVN National, Bernard Paul v. Health Plan of Nevada

AIG's National Union Recovers $5M+ For Misclassified Workers

Posted by msch on Jun 20, 2011 11:32:00 AM

CBC Framing v. National Union Fire Insurance (Los Angeles, California)

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Topics: Insurance, Commercial Law

Employee Prevails In Disability Insurance Dispute

Posted by msch on Aug 27, 2010 1:57:00 PM

In Bosetti v. US Life Insurance, an assistant principal asserted that the Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified School District's long-term disability insurer should have covered her disability claim based on degenerative back disease and depression.

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Topics: Insurance

CVN to Webcast Gillette v. OneBeacon Environmental Trial

Posted by msch on Jul 14, 2010 12:15:00 PM

CVN will provide a live webcast of Gillette v. OneBeacon Insurance, an insurance liability case involving environmental remediation costs and defense costs associated with groundwater contamination resulting from the release of solvents at a former Gillette manufacturing facility in Santa Monica, California.

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Topics: Gillette v. OneBeacon, Insurance, Environmental