The idea behind these proposals is to identify the jurisdiction most affected by the infringement and to
settle these claims on a global basis.
It's crucial, of course, that you not attempt to pay or
settle the claim on your own.
In conjunction with the right to control the defense, an insurance company has «the duty not to gamble with the insured's money by foregoing reasonable opportunities to
settle a claim on terms that will protect the insured against an excess judgment.»
In fact, insurance company representatives will often use this fact to try to convince claimants that they should forego legal representation and should instead
settle the claim on their own.
Now that you've got a (very) general sense of what your car accident claim might be worth, the next step is to understand the ins and outs of the settlement process, and what to expect in your case — whether you're
settling your claim on your own or working with an experienced personal injury attorney.
Although this case was very fact specific (and the facts here were particularly complex), there is clearly a danger that in other circumstances, solicitors giving over-optimistic advice to a client contemplating bringing court or arbitral proceedings about the prospects of success will be liable for substantial damages if the client as a result proves that as a result it thereby lost a chance to
settle a claim on more advantageous terms.
But what if a client is advised by his solicitors before issuing proceedings that they have good prospects of success, which advice turns out to be over-optimistic, with the result that after later receiving more pessimistic advice from leading counsel, the client loses an opportunity to
settle the claim on more advantageous terms?
If you make an offer to
settle the claim on your own without the approval and backing of the insurance company, they likely are not responsible for paying that settlement.
Suppose that after 4 years you expire and insurance company rejects to
settle your claim on the plea that you suffered from a disease.
Insurers don't
settle the claim on time is also one of the pre-conceived notions.
Before you sign for a health insurance policy, it is important to screen and evaluate the reputation of different insurance providers and gauge their ability of
settling claims on medical expenses, in time.
Statistically, you become a lower risk to insure after taking a driver improvement course, and that means that the insurance companies are less likely to
settle a claim on your behalf than before the course was completed.
Not exact matches
U.S. regulators said
on Tuesday that Uber Technologies agreed to do more to protect the privacy of customer and driver data in
settling allegations that the ride - hailing company had made deceptive privacy and data security
claims.
According to a SpaceX company spokesman, «We deny the
claims made by these employees, but rather than incur the expense, burden and uncertainty of continuing litigation, we elected to
settle this matter so that we can continue to focus
on our business.»
In the company blog, Telsa referred to Organ as having «a long track record of extorting money for meritless
claims» and said that the company «would rather spend more
on a trial and clear its name than
settle with the plaintiff.»
Then
on Friday, Greta Van Susteren followed suit, saying she too regrets not believing her former colleague Gretchen Carlson's now -
settled sexual harassment
claims against ex-Fox News CEO Roger Ailes.
The New York Times reported
on April 1 that Fox and O'Reilly had paid five women a total of $ 13 million to
settle harassment
claims.
On August 2, 2005, CIBC paid US$ 2.4 billion to
settle a class action lawsuit brought by a group of pension funds and investment managers, including the University of California, which
claims that «systematic fraud by Enron and its officers led to the loss of billions and the collapse of the company.»
If one or more
claims in the Morley Litigation were determined adversely to us, or if the Morley Litigation were
settled on unfavorable terms, this could affect our ability to use certain intellectual property and could also result in substantial monetary liabilities.
NEW YORK (Reuters)- Condé Nast
on Monday won a federal judge's preliminary approval to pay $ 5.85 million to
settle a class - action lawsuit by thousands of former interns who
claimed the magazine publisher underpaid them.
Milan, in March 2012,
settled its civil
claims on interest rate swaps against Deutsche Bank, UBS, and JPMorgan Chase for 455 million Euros.
Lloyds Chairman, Lord Blackwell, has promised that all victims will have their
claims settled by the end of June, so the term of your employment is highly relevant.If Norman is telling the truth you are presumably out of a job
on July 1st?
Citigroup said
on Feb. 15 it had agreed to pay $ 158.3 million to
settle charges that it defrauded the U.S. government by
claiming flawed mortgages qualified for Federal Housing Administration insurance.
The insurance industry presents an example of this strategy as interest
on investments may offset payments
on settled claims.
On April 2, 2015, JPMC agreed to
settle claims that it failed to pay overtime and provide proper breaks to a California class of underwriters.
Click
on any group of JPMC customers in the roulette wheel and you will see how much JPMC has been forced to pay that group to
settle claims that JPMC committed fraud or violations of law, just in the last five years.
On July 17, 2015, JPMC agreed to pay $ 388 million to
settle claims by investors who alleged that JPMC misled them about the safety of $ 10 billion worth of residential mortgage backed securities.
In April 2011, JPMC agreed to
settle claims that the bank over-charged active or recently active military service members
on their mortgages by paying $ 27 million in cash to approximately 6,000 military personnel, by lowering interest rates and fees in excess of that permitted by the Service Members Civil Relief Act («SCRA») and the Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008 («HERA»)
on soldiers» home loans, and by improperly foreclosing upon homes owned by borrowers protected by SCRA and HERA.
On January 22, 2015, JPMC settled claims by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and the Maryland Attorney General alleging that JPMC steered customers to a now - defunct Maryland title company in exchange for undisclosed kickbacks and data on potential customers in violation of federal consumer protection law
On January 22, 2015, JPMC
settled claims by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and the Maryland Attorney General alleging that JPMC steered customers to a now - defunct Maryland title company in exchange for undisclosed kickbacks and data
on potential customers in violation of federal consumer protection law
on potential customers in violation of federal consumer protection laws.
On October 8, 2014, JPMC agreed to pay up to $ 12 million to
settle claims that certain of its tellers and other bank employees — a total of approximately 145,000 employees in 12 states — were not paid proper wages or overtime because JPMC did not count some hours worked.
On January 31, 2015, JPMC agreed to pay $ 99.5 million to
settle claims by a class of investors who alleged that JPMC, along with twelve other banks, conspired to rig the $ 5.3 trillion - a-day foreign exchange market.
On April 23, 2014, JPMC agreed to pay $ 5.5 million to
settle claims made by a class of nearly 480,000 Circuit City rewards credit card holders who alleged JPMC duped them into joining an «interest free» program, then breached their contract by charging class members unexpected fees and interest charges.
In April 2012, JPMC paid $ 20 million to
settle claims by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission that the bank improperly extended credit to Lehman Brothers based, in part,
on commingled customer funds that it was required to keep separate.
On January 17, 2018, Aetna announced it had agreed to pay $ 17.1 million to
settle claims related to a data breach that may have revealed customers» HIV status information.
Novell
Settles One Antitrust
Claim with Microsoft for $ 536 Million, Plans to File Suit
on Second
Claim
Following the lead of Archbishop Lefebvre, the clergy of the Priestly Society of St. Pius X (SSPX)-- the ordained members of the Lefebvrist movement — have long
claimed that what the Council taught
on religious freedom is false because it contradicted
settled Catholic teaching — a
claim that has more to do with the agitations of post-1789 French politics than with a serious account of the history of Catholic church - state doctrine.
The section
on just war theory closed with a warm affirmation of the value of a pacifist witness within the Catholic Church,
claiming that it shares with just war theory «a common presumption against the use of force as a means of
settling disputes.»
Replying to Gandhi's assertion that «Palestine belongs to the Arabs» and the Jews have no right to
settle there, Buber, while granting and upholding the
claim of the Arabs, staunchly upholds the prior and also vital
claim of the Jews, which goes back some 3,000 years and is based
on what they experienced as a divine mission to hallow a particular land and build a good society there.
Without having research handy to back up my
claim, I'm going to assert that a randomly chosen family considering eating out
on a randomly chosen Saturday would
settle for the first one if the second one was too busy or vice versa, and nobody in the family would complain.
The two women who rode
on the same raft with Caleb suffered serious injuries and
settled claims with Schlitterbahn for an undisclosed amount.
Whilst Ozil was initially holding out for wages in the range of # 350,000 - a-week which would see the German
on par with the Premier League's highest - earners, the report from the Sun
claims that a lack of leverage in terms of lucrative offers from other clubs has resulted in the player having to
settle for Arsenal's offer of # 280,000 - a-week, with the Gunners clearly breaking the club's wage structure to keep the World Cup winner in North London.
David de Gea was voted our player of the month in February
on the official website and Chris Smalling has supported this accolade,
claiming that the young Spaniard has now
settled in Manchester.
Sensational news are out
claiming that FC Barcelona are paying Lionel Messi a staggering $ 35 MILLION - A-YEAR after
settling on a new deal to 2018 this week.
With the widely documented return of the self - proclaimed «Special One», Chelsea have seen a huge boost behind closed doors but it seems that the return of Jose Mourinho is not about to
settle the club internally following
claims that the Portuguese boss is set to embark
on a buying spree once the transfer window opens again in January.
Its Global Head of Communications, Francois Perroud, went
on the radio
claiming it was in the Government's interest to
settle if it was to attract future investment.
The New York Police Department has agreed not to conduct surveillance based
on religion or ethnicity as part of a deal to
settle claims it illegally spied
on Muslims after the Sept. 11 attacks.
A bipartisan group of members announced legislation that would end the practice of using taxpayer money to
settle claims of sexual harassment
on Capitol Hill.
On the other is a career Brooklyn Democratic pol, who, term - limited out of his high - ranking post in the City Council, thought about other city offices before he settled on the idea of the job representing in Congress a borough he knows little about, his claims of deep ties here notwithstanding,» the editorial rea
On the other is a career Brooklyn Democratic pol, who, term - limited out of his high - ranking post in the City Council, thought about other city offices before he
settled on the idea of the job representing in Congress a borough he knows little about, his claims of deep ties here notwithstanding,» the editorial rea
on the idea of the job representing in Congress a borough he knows little about, his
claims of deep ties here notwithstanding,» the editorial read.
«All
claims are robustly defended, and would only be
settled on the basis of strong legal advice, and in order to seek the best value for the taxpayer.»
News Corporation chief executive James Murdoch's full statement
on the resignation of News International chief executive Rebekah Brooks: I am writing to update you
on the actions we have been taking as a company to solve the problems at News International relating to the News of the World, in addition to continuing to cooperate fully and actively with the police and
settling civil
claims.