Tag: Pre-existing condition

• Professional Liability

  When can insurance agent peremption be extended to an insurer?

  • June 2, 2014
  • By Allen & Gooch
  

  Denial of Health Insurance Based on Missing Information In the case of Sibley v. Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana, 2014 WL 1100158 (La. App. 1 Cir. 3/20/2014), Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana (“BCBS”) retroactively cancelled Ms. Laura Sibley’s health insurance policy after BCBS discovered information that demonstrated that Ms. Sibley’s pre-existing condition was […]

• Maritime Casualty

  Employers Not Entitled To Restitution Of Maintenance And Cure Benefits

  • June 3, 2013
  • By Allen & Gooch

  The U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals recently released an opinion concerning a maritime employer’s obligation to pay maintenance and cure benefits. In Boudreaux v. Transocean Deepwater, Inc., 711 F.3d 501 (5th Cir. 2013), the Court tackled what it called a “novel” issue: whether a successful McCorpen defense automatically entitles an employer to restitution of maintenance and cure benefits […]