Claims News Service, Nov. 13, 1:36 p.m. EST-- Attendees at this morning's National Society of Professional Insurance Investigators in Cincinnati, Ohio heard from a panel of attorneys about legal trends in five Midwestern states, including Indiana, Michigan, Missouri, Ohio, and Wisconsin.
Thomas Haley, partner at Jennings Taylor Wheeler & Haley law firm, spoke on behalf of Indiana and noted several cases that seemed to indicate a pattern of broader discovery requests. In one case, Allstate v. Scrogham, the insurer faced thousands of dollars in sanctions for not producing documents in a suitable time frame.
"If you haven't gotten [this type of request], you will get one," said Haley. "It's problematic to respond to, but there are ways we can work to limit some of these approaches by the plaintiff's lawyer. Here were some of the discovery requests that were sent to the insurance company:
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