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Health Care & Hospital Law

Jun. 26, 2010

Insurance Suit Cutoff Extended

A Superior Court Judge has ruled that plaintiffs suing health insurance companies are not bound by a general two-year statute of limitation on bad faith insurance suits, an apparent first.

By Ciaran McEvoy

Daily Journal Staff Writer

LOS ANGELES - A Superior Court Judge ruled that plaintiffs suing health insurance companies are not bound by a general two-year statute of limitation on bad faith insurance suits, an apparent first.

On Wednesday, Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Richard E. Rico ruled that California's insurance code creates an exemption that instead allows a three-year statute of limitation...

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