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Health Care & Hospital Law

Jan. 13, 2012

Rescission cases give way to other health insurance litigation

Federal health care reform may have put the final nail in the coffin for most cases of dropped insurance for preexisting conditions, but plaintiffs' lawyers say litigation over other coverage issues is alive-and-kicking in California.


By Mandy Jackson


Daily Journal Staff Writer


Federal health care reform may have put the final nail in the coffin for most legal disputes over insurance coverage for preexisting conditions, but plaintiffs' lawyers say litigation over other coverage issues is alive-and-kicking in California.


A recent class-action settlement and an appellate decision in another case last month may represent the last gasps for lawsuits over rescission, a previ...

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