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Perspective

Nov. 29, 2016

Liability insurance often has a role in class action defense

Three key cases that were decided this year highlight that liability insurance may often play an important role in providing for defense and indemnity in class actions. By Peter S. Selvin

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By Peter S. Selvin

Three key cases that were decided this year highlight that liability insurance may often play an important role in providing for defense and indemnity in class actions.

In Travelers Indem. Co. of Am. v. Portal Healthcare Solutions, 35 F.3d 765 (E.D.Va. 2014), aff'd, 644 Fed.Appx. 245 (4th Cir. 2016), Portal Healthcare Solutions, a business specializing in the electronic safekeeping of medical records for hospitals...

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