Many Oklahoma residents suffer from serious and/or chronic illnesses. For instance, it probably wouldn't be difficult these days to find someone who knows someone with cancer, diabetes or some other life-altering medical condition, or to find someone who suffers from...
Millions Of Dollars Recovered
For Bad Faith Insurance Denials
Month: November 2018
Sleep apnea sufferers battle insurers re CPAP device
Here’s a dose of irony. Some sleep apnea sufferers commenting in an in-depth media piece centered on a breathing-assistance machine say that issues surrounding the device are worrisome enough to actually make them lose sleep. The breathing tool is a continuous...
Oklahoma jury sharply rebukes health insurer in bad-faith case
“You need to do something or you’re just going to keep getting sued.” That was the pure-and-simple bottom line for an Oklahoma County jury that recently awarded damages in a bad-faith insurance case. One of the jurors stated in the wake of a trial concluded earlier...
Blowback on this court’s insurance-linked decision unsurprising
We delved into a judicial decision involving an insurance policy in a post from last month, noting that many people would find fault with it and question the heavy onus it seemingly places upon policyholders. Our October 26 entry stressed that, while insureds...
State-created insurance company faces outsized payment problems
This is a not a story of an insurance entity’s bad faith or questionable failure to act regarding a relatively limited number of policyholder complaints. Rather, it is a flat-out singular tale chronicling a huge issue confronting potentially 35,000 or more homeowners...