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Reuters: Takata doubling U.S. recall for defective air bags to 34 mln vehicles

Posted on November 20, 2019

By David Morgan and Ben Klayman WASHINGTON/DETROIT, May 19 (Reuters) – Japanese air bag manufacturer Takata Corp is doubling a recall of potentially deadly air bags to nearly 34 million vehicles, creating the largest automotive recall in American history, U.S. safety regulators said on Tuesday. The recall involves passenger and driver-side air bag inflators in […]

Daily Business Review: Professional Excellence Rising Star.

Posted on November 20, 2019

The Daily Business Review is pleased to present its Professional Excellence awards, which celebrates Lifetime Achievers, Rising Stars and the Attorneys of the year. In this special Lifetime section, we honor 14 attorneys and judges who have made a notable impact on the South Florida legal community. The honorees have made significant marks in deciding […]

Daily Business Review: Professional excellence lifetime achievement

Posted on November 20, 2019

Robert Josefsberg Podhurst Orseck Rober C. Josefsberg is a no-nonsense kind of guy who can come off as gruff and imposing at 6-foot-something. But even when he’s a little rumpled, he has a way of charming injuries as an everyman type, whether he’s pursuing business litigation or criminal law. He shares space in the National […]

Law360: Turnberry says exec stole St. Regis opportunity for himself

Posted on November 20, 2019

By Carolina Bolado Law360, Miami (May 11, 2015, 6:40 PM ET) — The residential arm of developer Turnberry Associates on Monday asked a Florida appeals court to reverse a decision declaring former executive Bruce Weiner did not violate a partnership agreement by inking a deal on his own with Starwood Vacation Ownership Inc. to develop […]

CIGNA discriminates against HIV/AIDS patients in violation of the Affordable Care Act, says consumer watchdog

Posted on November 20, 2019

By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Weekly News — CIGNA, one of the nation’s largest health insurers, is discriminating against patients with HIV/AIDS and attempting to circumvent the central reform of the Affordable Care Act, according to a national class action lawsuit filed late yesterday. The lawsuit, JOHN DOE v. CIGNA was brought […]

Miami Herald: Minutes before fatal crash, ‘driving drunk’ text messages

Posted on November 20, 2019

By David Ovalle In the days leading up to the deadly crash, Mila Dago sent text messages typical of any 22-year-old enjoying life in Miami. She planned a day at the beach with her circle of pals, talked hair styles with a girlfriend and hoped to watch a meteor shower light up the night sky. […]

Miami Herald: Cigna sued over mail-order HIV drug program

Posted on November 20, 2019

By Tom Brown (Reuters) – Cigna Corp has been hit with a lawsuit claiming that the health insurer discriminates against peoplewith HIV/AIDS by forcing them to get some of their medications exclusively from its own mail-order pharmacy as part of a scheme to boost profits. The suit, filed on Monday in federal court in the […]

Law360: Cigna hit with class action over AIDS/HIV drug program

Posted on November 20, 2019

A proposed nationwide class action filed Monday in Florida federal court alleged Cigna Health and Life Insurance Co. discriminates against AIDS and HIV patients by requiring them to obtain life-saving medications via mail, echoing similar lawsuits against other insurance companies in recent years. An anonymous class representative claimed Cigna routinely tells enrollees that specialty drugs […]

Miami Herald: Cigna sued over mail-order AIDS drug deliveries

Posted on November 20, 2019

Dorleen Marcus, Daily Business Review A lawsuit filed against Cigna is the fourth attempt to force insurers to drop a mandatory mail-order drug program said to discriminate against people with HIV/AIDS. South Florida-based plaintiffs law firm Podhurst Orseck is co-counsel for the potential class action brought by Consumer Watchdog. The nonprofit consumer advocate teamed with […]

The Wall Street Journal: Consumer group sues Cigna, alleges discrimination

Posted on November 20, 2019

By KELLI KENNEDY Associated Press A consumer advocacy group has filed a class-action lawsuit against Cigna saying a new policy discriminates against people with HIV and AIDS and violates the federal health law by requiring them to get their medications from its mail-order pharmacy. Consumer Watchdog filed the lawsuit Monday in South Florida federal court. […]