CIGA: Claims Against Government Were Improperly Dismissed On Preemption

Mealey's (June 12, 2019, 8:04 AM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — In their dispute over who is responsible for payment to insureds of workers’ compensation plans that become insolvent, Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar II and the California Insurance Guarantee Association (CIGA) in a May 25 brief tell the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals that a lower court’s judgment is final and appealable because the judgment resolved all their respective claims, rights and liabilities (California Insurance Guarantee Association v. Alex Azar II, et al., Nos. 17-56526 & 17-56528, 9th Cir.)....