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Supreme Court hears arguments in insurance
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2007/01/16 21:02
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| The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Tuesday in the consolidated cases of Safeco Insurance v. Burr and GEICO General Insurance v. Edo, 06-00084 and 06-00100, cases in which plaintiffs claim the insurance companies GEICO and Safeco breached the dictates of the Fair Credit Reporting Act when they failed to notify customers that poor credit reports were the reason they had been denied favorable rate coverage. The case is on appeal from the US Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals which held in January 2006 that the requisite state of mind the plaintiffs must prove to establish a violation of the act is reckless disregard, while defendants urged the standard of knowledge would be more appropriate. Justice Samuel Alito indicated at argument that he did not favor the notification requirements urged by plaintiffs. |
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Class action or a representative action is a form of lawsuit in which a large group of people collectively bring a claim to court and/or in which a class of defendants is being sued. This form of collective lawsuit originated in the United States and is still predominantly a U.S. phenomenon, at least the U.S. variant of it. In the United States federal courts, class actions are governed by Federal Rules of Civil Procedure Rule. Since 1938, many states have adopted rules similar to the FRCP. However, some states like California have civil procedure systems which deviate significantly from the federal rules; the California Codes provide for four separate types of class actions. As a result, there are two separate treatises devoted solely to the complex topic of California class actions. Some states, such as Virginia, do not provide for any class actions, while others, such as New York, limit the types of claims that may be brought as class actions. They can construct your law firm a brand new website, lawyer website templates and help you redesign your existing law firm site to secure your place in the internet. |
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