First American Title Insurance Company vs. Superior Court
Year 2006
Court California Court of Appeal, 2nd District, Division 3
Case Number B194004 (2007)
Issue
  • Discovery
State
  • California

Request for depublication. Plaintiffs must be allowed pre-certification discovery in class actions arising out of insurance marketing and underwriting practices which often involve damages to policyholders that are too small to warrant individual action.

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Author UP's letter brief was written pro bono by Amy Bach, Esq.
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First American Title Insurance Company vs. Superior Court
Year: 2006
Court: California Court of Appeal, 2nd District, Division 3
Case Number: B194004 (2007)
Issue:
  • Discovery
State:
  • California

Request for depublication. Plaintiffs must be allowed pre-certification discovery in class actions arising out of insurance marketing and underwriting practices which often involve damages to policyholders that are too small to warrant individual action.
Hoffman, David vs. State of Georgia, Office of Insurance Commissioner and Oxendine, John W.
Year: 2002
Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
Case Number: A04A0134
Issue:
  • Discovery
State:
  • Georgia

Brief requesting that the State of Georgia be forced to make the Insurance Commissioner’s investigative study of UnumProvident public.
Heritage Healthcare Services, Inc. et al. vs. Beacon Mutual Insurance Company et al.
Year: 2006
Court: Rhode Island Superior Court
Case Number: 2002-7016
Issue:
  • Discovery
State:
  • Rhode Island

United Policyholders filed an amicus brief to educate the court on why documents and reports resulting from Market Conduction Examinations conducted by state insurance regulators are discoverable in civil litigation.
Allstate Insurance Company vs. Pincheira
Year: 2001
Court: New Mexico Court of Appeals
Case Number: 22,760
Issue:
  • Discovery
  • McKinsey documents
State:
  • New Mexico

UP opposes Allstate’s attempts to shield important documents regarding claims handling practices based on trade secrecy status. Court should allow discovery of internal documents pertaining to manner of handling claims (claims Core Process Redesign.) Secrecy allows corporate misdeeds by insurers to continue unchecked.