Panel Affirms Dismissal Of Defendant From Reinsurance Participation Agreement Cases

Mealey's (March 17, 2021, 11:43 AM EDT) -- NEW YORK — The First Department of the New York Supreme Court Appellate Division on March 16 affirmed a New York justice’s dismissal of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (BHI) from a suit alleging that BHI engaged in a scheme to induce companies to enter into a reinsurance participation agreement (RPA) as a condition of issuance of workers’ compensation insurance policies because the allegations are not sufficient to show that general jurisdiction exists over BHI....