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WILMINGTON, Del. (Legal Newsline) - Insurance companies that will pick up most of the $1 billion tab for the sexual-abuse scandal that has overtaken the Boy Scouts of America are scheduled to face off tomorrow against plaintiff lawyers who filed tens of thousands of claims that insurers say were poorly investigated and potentially fraudulent.
Insurers have asked a federal bankruptcy judge in Delaware to order an investigation into claims filed on the eve of a Nov. 16 deadline, some by lawyers who signed hundreds of claims an hour without providing essential information such as the name of the alleged abuser or whether any physical abuse occurred. The insurers say the wave of claims threatens to divert money away from legitimate claimants and into the pockets of lawyers, outside funders and undeserving plaintiffs.
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The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana reported the following activities in the suit brought by
Peter S Koeppel against
Hartford Accident and Indemnity Company, Inc. on Feb. 12. Notice Of Removal With Jury Demand From Civil District Court, Orleans, Louisiana, Case Number 2020-5045 (filing Fee $ 402 Receipt Number Alaedc-8733654) Filed By Hartford Accident And Indemnity Company, Inc.. (attachments: # 1 Civil Cover Sheet, # 2 Exhibit 1 - Petition, # 3 Exhibit 2 - Amended Petition, # 4 Exhibit 3 - Answer Obo Issac, # 5 Exhibit 4 - Extension, # 6 Exhibit 5 - Answer Obo Hartford, # 7 Exhibit 6 - Mtn To Compel, # 8 Exhibit 7 - Dismissal, # 9 Exhibit 8 - Notice To State Court, # 10 Exhibit 9 - Conn Sec Of State, # 11 Exhibit 10 - Service Lttr, # 12 Exhibit 11 - Demand, # 13 Exhibit 12-Dec Page, # 14 List Of Parties And Pleadings)attorney Alexis R. Jani Added To Party Hartford Accident And Indemnity Company, Inc.(pty:dft
A mass intake of sexual abuse claims against the Boy Scouts of America has revealed potential fraud, duplication and ethical violations, according to a motion unsealed Wednesday from insurers seeking a court-backed examination of the documents and their preparation in the BSA's Delaware Chapter 11 case.
The Redbud City: Sheriff Evans saga continues
Clyde Wooldridge
EVANS IS SHERIFF AS LYON BOND CANCELLED
The same two stage hands that rang up the curtain on Pottawatomie County’s political comedy-melodrama, wrote “finis” to the exciting episode on Saturday morning, May 1, 1937. Rufus Lyon’s $10,000 surety bond was cancelled and that left Sheriff Elza Evans as the sole claimant to the little suite of offices in the northwest corner of the courthouse basement.
Commissioners Frank Sims, and Elmer Rawlings met in adjournment session about 9 A.M., with Chairman John Gentry absent. Lyon’s bond was cancelled on Sims’ motion and Rawlings’ second. The county clerk was ordered to return the bond to the Hartford Accident and Assurance Company in Connecticut.