4th Circuit: Audit Report Fails To Show Malpractice Insurer Funded Fee Litigation

(August 1, 2018, 11:00 AM EDT) -- RICHMOND, Va. — The Fourth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on July 31 held that a lower court did not abuse its discretion in finding that an audit report does not warrant relief from the dismissal of a lawsuit alleging that a malpractice insurer violated Maryland consumer protection laws, concluding that the new evidence fails to prove that the insurer funded its law firm insured’s claim for unpaid legal fees (Robert Horowitz, et al. v. Federal Insurance Company, No. 17-2443, 4th Cir., 2018 U.S. App. LEXIS 21168)....

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