Judge: No U.S. Breach For Insolvent Insurer’s Inability To Pay Annuities

Mealey's (May 22, 2017, 10:34 AM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — Parents of an injured child failed to show that the U.S. government breached a settlement agreement over medical malpractice claims by failing to guarantee payment under annuities when an insurance company became insolvent, a Federal Claims judge ruled March 31, granting summary judgment to the government (Karen L. Shaw, individually and as guardian of the person of Richard Scott Shaw, an incompetent, and Raymond A. Shaw v. The United States, No. 14-783C, Fed. Clms., 2017 U.S. Claims LEXIS 258)....