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Alternative Dispute Resolution

Sep. 26, 2003

Recognizing Underlying Perceptions Makes Settling Disability Cases Easier

Focus Column - Alternative Dispute Resolution - By Martin Quinn - During mediation of a claim for disability-insurance benefits and damages for the insurer's alleged bad faith, the parties reach an impasse. The plaintiff's counsel asks the mediator what range of outcomes her client should expect if the case proceeds to trial. Defense counsel asks whether the insurer should be concerned about a punitive-damages verdict.

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