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- State Farm v. Campbell (Excerpt): Why a Judge Found State Farm Cheated Customers For Over Two Decades (Unfair Insurance Claims Practices / Bad Faith)
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- National Association of Insurance Commissioners
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Nursing Home Transparency Act: Some Hope For Nursing Home Injury/Death Victims and Their Attorneys
Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Ranking Republican on the Senat Finance Committee, and Senator Herb Kohl (D-WI), Chairman of the Senate Special Committee on Aging, introduced the Nursing Home Transparency and Improvement Act (S. 2641) on Valentines Day 2008. It is the first comprehensive nursing home reform bill since the Nursing Home Reform Act, OBRA '87. Read the statement of the National Citizens Coalition for Nursing Home Reform (NCCNHR) on this bill, as well as press releases from these lawmakers at the link in the title to this blog. As I have stated in other blog entries, this bill is important to nursing home abuse, neglect, injury, and death victims, their families, and their lawyers; whether in North Carolina or other states.Read More about "Nursing Home Transparency Act: Some Hope For Nursing Home Injury/Death Victims and Their Attorneys"
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