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Final Four Time For Lawmakers’ Last Push

State Net Capitol Journal Despite the change from two-party to one-party control of both policy-making branches of government, the traditional end-crunch of…

Governor Davis Still “Missing” on HMO Reform

47 Patients & Families Receive No Answer on Request to Meet

Tales From the Trans Crypt

Courting DisasterVillage Voice Accident victims and others who seek damages in court occasionally doubt the independence of the judge, but who would…

Letter Asks Gov. Davis To Meet With People Harmed By Their HMO

Associated Press SACRAMENTO -- A group of HMO patients asked Gov. Gray Davis on Friday to meet with them to discuss their…

HMO Victims With No Remedy Invite Governor Davis To Meet

Some court reporter contracts give advantage to insurers

Associated Press Some court reporters enter contracts with insurers and large corporate defendants that give those litigants an advantage in court, according…

Impartiality of Judicial System Threatened By Insurer Contracts, Consumer Group Study Shows

Court reporting firms’ deals draw fire

Partnerships raise ethical issueThe Boston Globe This week, hundreds of court reporters from across the country have gathered in Boston for the…

Caught between Senate and governor’s desk, confusion surrounds year’s major bill

Associated Press Even the well-heeled partisans in the fight over the year's major bill, a billion-dollar expansion of the right to file…

Nader Says California Governor Caving In To HMOs

Associated Press SACRAMENTO -- Consumer-rights activist Ralph Nader scolded Gov. Gray Davis on Monday for providing "the antithesis of leadership" on health…

Texas Sponsor Of HMO Liability Law Touts Its Success; Medical Assoc. Delegate Calls It Good Medicine For CA

Davis Urged To Join Bush and Clinton In Supporting HMO Liability

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Capping Damage Awards and Denying Consumers Their Day in Court

Assembly OKs Bill Permitting Suits Against Insurers

Los Angeles Times Consumers would have added recourse against insurance companies through a controversial measure that passed the Assembly on Thursday. The…

Internal Memo Shows Insurer Tries To Reclassify Cases Under ERISA; Seeking “Gray Areas” Where “ERISA…May Influence Our Course of Action”

U.S. Senate Can End Divide Seperating Remedies of Private and Public Employees

Lawyers win round in high-stakes fight with insurers

Associated Press A fiercely lobbied plan that restores the right to file bad-faith lawsuits against automobile insurers and others emerged Thursday from…

Low Cost Auto Coverage Eyed

Plan Would Insure PoorStockton Record Leslie Brewer of Stockton didn't buy car insurance until the state put teeth in its mandatory insurance…

Lawmakers try to cut car insurance costs for poor

Associated Press The math is daunting if you're an average motorist in South-Central Los Angeles who must drive to work, like nearly…

Health Insurer to Drop Medicare HMO Services in Parts of Colorado

California and Northeastern statesAssociated Press State & Local Wire Foundation Health Systems Inc. said Thursday that it will drop health maintenance organization…