Couple’s Request For New Trial Over Insurance Fraud Denied By Judge

Mealey's (February 23, 2021, 11:48 AM EST) -- LOS ANGELES — A federal judge in California on Feb. 17 denied requests for a new trial and a reduction of punitive damages filed by a couple who were found liable by a jury for submitting false claims for benefits under long-term care policies they had from Lincoln Life Benefit Co., finding that the jury’s decision did not go against the weight of the evidence on the issue of the statute of limitations and that the couple’s conduct warranted the $300,000 punitive damages award....