Judge Refuses To Amend RICO Ruling To Exclude Certain Settling Insurers

Mealey's (December 12, 2019, 10:21 AM EST) -- SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Finding that a settlement agreement was never approved by the court, a federal judge in Puerto Rico on Nov. 25 denied insureds’ request to exclude certain settling insurers in an award of summary judgment to the Joint Underwriting Association (JUA) and to other insurers, including some that are in liquidation, on class action allegations of violations of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (Noemi Torres Ronda, et al. v. Joint Underwriting Association, et al., No. 11-1826, D. Puerto Rico)....