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According to the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Harford Life & Accident Insurance Co. wrongfully ended benefits to one of its insureds. The court wrote that, "Hartford abused its discretion because its conflict of interest too heavily influenced its ... for itself." Last week President Obama told a joint session of Congress that under his insurance reform proposal, "It will be against the law for insurance companies to drop your coverage when you get sick or water it down when you need it ...

... Primary among those aspects is that discovery was typically extremely limited or, more often simply not allowed. What is discovery and why is it important? Discovery is the process by which, during a lawsuit, each side gets to discover information from the ... generally accepted the Long Term Disability Insurance Companies argument that no discovery was needed or allowed in ERISA cases. That appears to have started to changed. In Geer v Hartford Life and Accident Co. the Court rejected Hartford's ...

... insurer's obligation to defend the policyholder. • Sherwood Brands, Inc. v. Hartford Accident & Indemnity Co., 347 Md. 32, 698 A.2d 1078 (1997) The Maryland Court ... noncoverage related items. Policyholder counsel should request that the insurance company set forth the basis for audit counsel's investigation and review, including the assumptions upon which "audit ... to provide a sufficiently detailed privilege log, Carfagno v. Jackson Nat'l Life Ins. Co., 2001 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 1768 *7 (W.D. Mich ...

... in opposition Petitioner's reply __________________ Docket: 07-763 Case name: Graham v. Hartford Life and Accident Insurance Company Issue: Whether a district court order remanding an ERISA disability-benefits claim on grounds the ... the record for D.C. Circuit review of an determination by a Combatant Status Review Tribunal consists of the material presented to and considered by the CSRT, or all material reasonably available to the government bearing on whether the detainee is an enemy combatant. ...

... Riddlesbarger v. Hartford Ins. Co., 7 Wall. 386, 74 U.S. 386, 19 L.Ed. 257 (1868); Lee v. Union Central Life Ins. Co., 56 ... a policy limitation of one year from date of accident). Furthermore, each of these decisions made clear that the rulings should not be construed to prohibit insurance companies from contracting with their insureds ... in which suit must be filed against the tortfeasor, no less than two and possibly more than two years from the date of the injury. This period, which dovetails with ...

... s decision granting summary judgment to the defendant reinsurers. In the underlying action, Hartford Accident and Indemnity Company and several of its affiliates ("Hartford") brought a declaratory judgment action seeking coverage under certain reinsurance ... from a common cause. In billing its reinsurers for a portion of the settlement with MacArthur, Hartford presented the claim as arising "from the insured's alleged handling, distribution and/or sale of asbestos containing products" and therefore ...