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INSURANCE
CLASS ACTION LAWSUITS
Class Action Lawsuits and Filings in the Insurance Sector.
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Farmers Group Litigation - Class Action
Improper Monthly Service Charges
In the lawsuit about allegedly improper monthly service charges, the plaintiff
alleges that Farmers charges its insureds who purchase an automobile insurance
policy on a monthly basis a "service charge" in addition to the premium stated
in the policy. Through Prematic Service Corporation, the lawsuit alleges that
Farmers improperly collects these service charges in breach of the insurance
policy and in violation of the Insurance Code and California's Unfair
Competition Law..
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Physicians with Individually Negotiated
HealthNet Contracts
Deadline to Notify Healthnet is 11/15/2005
Physician groups with more than five physicians who have “individually
negotiated” Health Net contracts will not automatically benefit from key
aspects of the settlement’s prospective relief unless they notify Health Net by
November 25, 2005 that they want to amend their contracts to include these
reforms. “Individually Negotiated Contract” means a contract pursuant to which
the parties to the contract, as a result of negotiation either at the inception
of the contractual relationship or at a renewal thereof, agreed to substantial
modifications to the terms of Company’s standard form agreement to individually
suit the needs of a particular Participating Physician, Physician Group or
Physician Organization.
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Katrina victims file class action against
FEMA
Attorneys acting on behalf of over a dozen Hurricane Katrina disaster victims
have filed a complaint seeking class action status against the Federal
Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) [official website] and other government
agencies. The lawsuit accuses FEMA of wrongfully denying the plaintiffs
temporary housing and seeks declaratory and injunctive relief for the
plaintiffs in the form of trailers or other housing for victims living in
shelters as well as increased financial relief for families with more children
than others.
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Complaint Text
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