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Columbia Casualty Co. failed to enter into mediation with Cottage Health System before suing to recover $4.125 million the insurer spent settling claims related to a 2013 data breach that compromised patient information, according to a California federal judge who dismissed Columbia's suit Friday.
Columbia Casualty Co.'s bid to stay rather than dismiss its case seeking to avoid coverage of a $4.13 million data breach settlement should be rejected because it may have tried to gain an unfair advantage by filing its suit, Cottage Health System told a California federal judge Monday.
Attorneys are eagerly awaiting the California Supreme Court's decision on when policyholders can transfer insurance rights during mergers and corporate restructurings, and anticipating guidance from New York's high court on complex allocation and exhaustion issues in asbestos lawsuits. Here are five cases that insurance attorneys will be tracking in the second half of the year.