Claim And Underwriting Files Are Relevant, Discoverable, Judge Rules In Reversal

Mealey's (October 18, 2017, 11:56 AM EDT) -- EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. — An Illinois federal judge on Sept. 27 reversed a magistrate judge’s denial of a hospital’s motion to compel a professional liability insurer to immediately produce the underwriting file for an insurance policy and the claim file pertaining to an underlying medical malpractice lawsuit, finding that the claim file and underwriting file are “relevant and discoverable” (National Fire and Marine Insurance Company v. Lee Lindemann, et al., No. 15-910, S.D. Ill., 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 159153)....