Panel Reverses Attorney Fees Awarded To Insured For Insurer’s Removal Of Suit

(August 13, 2019, 1:48 PM EDT) -- SEATTLE — The Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Aug. 12 reversed and remanded a lower federal court’s award of attorney fees to an insured for the insurer’s removal of its class action lawsuit challenging the insurer's practices involving personal injury protection (PIP) coverage,finding that the lower court did not find the insurer’s arguments for removal “objectively unreasonable” (Stan Schiff v. Liberty Mutual Fire Insurance Co., et al., No. 18-35116, 9th Cir., 2019 U.S. App. LEXIS 23955)....

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