Verdicts & Settlements January 9, 2012: Insurers claim a win in uninsured ...
Heading west on the highway crossed the centerline, striking Barr-Penna's van, according to the defense attorneys' written description of the case.Both vehicles were totaled. At the trial's close in November, Pettibone was still in a coma. Barr-Penna alleged she suffered herniated disks in her neck and back and bruises on her left shoulder and left knee. She claimed more than in future medical expenses. A horse was killed during the crash.
Barr-Penna filed an uninsured motorist's claim with her insurance companies. When the companies did not pay her claim, she filed suit.
The insurance companies agreed that Pettibone, who was uninsured, was at fault in the collision. The disagreements surrounded the nature and extent of Barr-Penna's injuries.
The defense said she was exaggerating her injuries. The defense pointed out that Barr-Penna was in an auto crash five months prior to this crash. Defense expert Dr. Robert Backer , said the plaintiff's attorneys were very aggressive and painted the defendants as "the big bad insurance companies."
The tactic backfired, Smith said, and he considered the verdict a defense win.
"In the end, it was the plaintiff's own dishonesty that ruined her credibility in front of the jury," Smith said.
Barr-Penna's attorney, Zane T. Cagle Officials at both Geisinger Health Plan and Blue Cross of Northeastern Pennsylvania anticipate that they will be at or above thresholds set out in health care reform legislation for what is known as medical loss ratio. For every dollar in insurance premiums, Blue Cross NEPA spends about 90 cents on medical care, spokesman Anthony Matrisciano said.
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The defense pointed out that Barr-Penna was in an auto crash five months prior to this crash. Defense expert Dr. Robert Backer testified that a neck MRI after the first car crash and a neck MRI after the crash at issue had the same findings.
Walendziak filed an insurance claim indicating the car's owner was driving, according to State Police. Walendziak's driver's license was suspended at the time, which would have made her ineligible to collect an insurance settlement in the crash.
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The accident left Balyan with orthopedic and neurological injuries, and he is seeking "reasonable compensation" after failing to settle with Lohan's insurance company, Steiner added. The news came a day after it was revealed that the "Mean Girls"
Ms. Higgins replaced her top row of front teeth with $13000 from a $30000 settlement last month with Officer Duffy's insurance company (her lawyer, Shawn Bailey of Clinton, received $10000). She said she is receiving $780 a month in federal disability