Fresno, CA
Lawyer at Fresno, CA
OUTCOME: Judgment for insurer affirmed.
Case determined whether a hospital could charge a patient more if the patient had extra insurance, although the hospital had agreed to accept payment from one insurer as "payment in full" from the insu ... red. Court determined that payment from insurer did not count as payment from insured, although insured's policy limits were reduced by such extra charges.
OUTCOME: Aetna permitted to cross-appeal
Appellate procedure motion opinion. Ms. Richter succeeded on the merits as to inability to increase her premiums without providing notice to her agent or the group policyholder in an unpublished opini ... on, see 2003 Cal. App. Unpub. LEXIS 4104. Sadly, Ms. Richter lost her insurance when Mutual of Omaha canceled the health insurance of all individual insureds in the U.S. shortly thereafter. Mutual of Omaha was charging insureds as much as $10.000 a month.
OUTCOME: Denial of Arbitration upheld
Counsel for insured at trial court level, briefed and successfully argued opposition to motion to compel arbitration, on grounds insurer failed to adequately disclose same to Spanish-speaking insured s ... olicited by Spanish ad and Spanish Blue Cross Agent. Application was provided in English only.
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