Federal Circuit Dockets Appeal Over Insolvent Insurer’s Inability To Pay

Mealey's (June 22, 2017, 8:54 AM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Federal Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on June 8 docketed an appeal of a ruling that 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 (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. 17-2136, Fed. Cir.)....