'If you don't have the authorized treating physician's report releasing the person to full duty, then it's like a crapshoot,' Presiding Judge M. Yvette Miller said.
A recent bankruptcy case offers a cautionary tale to asbestos defendants who are watching their insurance assets dwindle as claims continue to be filed.
The liability limits sold to the class representative were approximately 4.5% higher than they would have been had defendants based those limits on reconstruction cost without debris removal, the suit alleged.
The Rhode Island Supreme Court vacated and remanded a lower court's ruling, determining a property owner had properly demanded an appraisal within the time limit provided in his policy with Allstate.