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        "title": "Putative class action against CIBA Insurance voluntarily dismissed",
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        "prettyDate": "August 07, 2018",
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        "summary": "CIBA's attorney said the complaint was baseless & part of a pattern of spurious lawsuits being filed against the company.",
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        "uri": "/2018/07/27/11th-circuit-upholds-2-9m-bad-faith-verdict-against-geico-414-133564/",
        "title": "11th Circuit upholds $2.9M bad faith verdict against Geico",
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        "prettyDate": "July 27, 2018",
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        "summary": "The appellate panel said the evidence was 'more than enough for a jury to find that Geico acted in bad faith' in its handling of a 2010 auto wreck.",
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        "uri": "/2018/07/20/11th-circuit-zip-lipped-owner-of-burned-home-breached-insurance-contract-414-132714/",
        "title": "Zip-lipped owner of burned home breached insurance contract, court finds",
        "byline": "Greg Land",
        "kicker": "Case Study",
        "prettyDate": "July 20, 2018",
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        "summary": "An Allstate policyholder had a contractual obligation to answer questions about his fire-razed home.",
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        "uri": "/2018/06/29/federal-jury-hits-geico-with-2m-post-apportion-award-in-bad-faith-suit-2/",
        "title": "Geico hit with $2M post-apportion award in bad faith suit",
        "byline": "Greg Land",
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        "prettyDate": "June 29, 2018",
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        "summary": "Is an insurance company really liable for bad-faith when it alleges that it had no notice of a claim? See what one Georgia jury decided.",
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        "uri": "/2018/04/19/class-action-targets-ciba-insurance-as-ponzi-scheme-414-125761/",
        "title": "Class action targets CIBA Insurance as 'Ponzi scheme'",
        "byline": "Greg Land",
        "kicker": "News",
        "prettyDate": "April 19, 2018",
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        "summary": "A putative class action filed in federal court accuses California-based CIBA Insurance of operating as an illegal 'Ponzi scheme' in collaboration with a number of insurance company partners, including co-defendant Great Lakes Insurance SE.",
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        "uri": "/2018/03/26/judge-certifies-class-suit-against-metlife-over-unpaid-overtime/",
        "title": "Judge certifies class in suit against MetLife over unpaid overtime",
        "byline": "Greg Land",
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        "prettyDate": "March 26, 2018",
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        "summary": "The class action accuses MetLife of violating the Fair Labor Standards Act by failing to pay hundreds of long-term disability claims specialists overtime pay, although other MetLife workers in similar positions receive OT pay.",
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        "uri": "/2018/01/10/11th-circuit-floridas-bad-faith-insurance-claims-h/",
        "title": "11th Circuit: Florida's bad faith insurance claims have 5-year statute of limitations",
        "byline": "Greg Land",
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        "prettyDate": "January 10, 2018",
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        "summary": "The ruling should finally resolve an issue which has cropped up before, particularly in federal court: Whether Floridas statute of limitations for bringing bad faith claims against an insurer is four or five years.",
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        "uri": "/2017/10/03/insurer-must-pay-damages-not-covered-by-workers-co/",
        "title": "Insurer must pay damages not covered by workers’ comp, Georgia appeals court says",
        "byline": "Greg Land",
        "kicker": "News",
        "prettyDate": "October 03, 2017",
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        "summary": "Workers' compensation payments are usually an exclusive remedy for injured workers, but there may be other sources of recovery as well says a Georgia appeals court.",
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        "uri": "/2017/08/02/judge-tosses-womans-false-arrest-suit-against-geic/",
        "title": "Judge tosses woman's false arrest suit against Geico",
        "byline": "Greg Land",
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        "prettyDate": "August 02, 2017",
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        "summary": "A federal judge dismissed a false arrest complaint a woman filed against Geico after she was jailed on charges of concealing her wrecked car she was supposed to turn over after the insurer paid $1,108 for it.",
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        "uri": "/2017/07/14/insurers-for-bank-used-by-ponzi-schemer-arent-liab/",
        "title": "Insurers for bank used by Ponzi schemer aren't liable for coverage",
        "byline": "Greg Land",
        "kicker": "News",
        "prettyDate": "July 14, 2017",
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        "summary": "Insurance companies for a bank used in a $1.2 billion Ponzi scheme are exempted from covering $25 million of the bank's settlement, a federal appeals court has ruled.",
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