This week the Eleventh Circuit, applying Florida law, vacated summary judgment in favor of the defendant insurer in a case alleging bad faith for failure to communicate a settlement offer. Hinson v. Titan Ins. Co., ___ Fed. App’x ___, 2016 WL 4169117 (Aug. 8, 2016) . The insurer received the offer, dated December 21, 2007 and including among other…
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Insurers May Be Liable for Double Damages for Failure to Reimburse Other Insurers Acting as “Medicare Advantage Organizations”
A divided panel of the Eleventh Circuit has joined the Third Circuit in holding that not only the government, but also a private insurer acting as a Medicare Advantage Organization (“MAO”), has a right of action for double damages when a primary payer fails to reimburse the MAO for payments the MAO has made. The…
Eleventh Circuit Vacates Summary Judgment Following Answer from Florida Supreme Court
In August 2016, the Eleventh Circuit asked the Florida Supreme Court to weigh in on whether a Florida alternative construction dispute resolution statute requiring notice of any construction dispute implicates an insurer’s duty to defend its insured against “suits.” The Florida legislature enacted Chapter 558 of the Florida Statutes in 2003 “establishing a notice and…