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This can only be one of those “SLABBED reports, you decide” posts – assuming, of course, I’ve not outgrown yet another pair of reading glasses. Yesterday’s docket in the Branch Consultants’ qui tam case noted, “the motion to stay the the Branch defendants’ Motion to Adjourn ESI Depositions for Forty-Five Days…was set for hearing…and would … Continue reading “Judge Vance plays trump card on ESI Depositions in Branch qui tam”
And, then there were four – ex rel Rigsby, ex rel Branch Consultants, ex rel Denenea and, now, ex rel Sonnier v Allstate: ALLSTATE’s price allowed on wind policy estimates of loss in the State of Louisiana for painting damaged areas was between $0.15 and $0.38 per square foot. However, on NFIP flood policy estimates, … Continue reading “Allstate painted (literally) company in a Billion $ Corner – ex rel Sonnier v: FOURTH qui tam Complaint filed against Allstate”
It’s way too late to do more than link the two responses in oppositions to Allstate’s attempt to dismiss ex rel Branch v Allstate, et al and ex rel Denenea v Allstate and quote the pertinent text from both – sorry, but one thing Rossmiller got exactly right is that “work” really is “the curse … Continue reading ““an olive Branch”? Denenea and Branch agree to consolidate qui tam cases – call for decision on Rigsbys’ Allstate claim!”
Staying up late reading Gresham’s latest legal thriller is probably not something I should do the night before a day I’ve set aside to write for SLABBED. On the other hand, who could know what’s up on the 19th of November and not wonder what’s up when none – nada, not a single one – … Continue reading “Just asking – Does Branch ESI deposition schedule suggest defendants conspired to obstruct justice?”
Although their shared name is sufficient reason for thinking the two brothers Darryl are one in the same, an examination of available evidence reveals two distinctly different individuals. In this third of an intended four-part series, SLABBED examines the evidence available on the most recently unsealed Katrina qui tam case, ex rel Denenea v Allstate … Continue reading “As different as the two brothers Darryl – the other Allstate qui tam case: ex rel Denenea v Allstate”
In my most recent post on the three Katrina qui tam cases, I compared Allstate to Larry, the character on the old Newhart show who spoke for his two mute brothers – “my brother Darryl and my other brother Darryl”. This update on the Branch Consultants’ qui tam case is the first of three follow-up … Continue reading “Surely Allstate doesn’t think Judge Sarah Vance is the “other brother Darryl” – “good hands” trying to put words in her mouth (a Branch qui tam updaate)”
My calendar was marked with the due date for Allstate’s Answer to the Branch SAC (Second Amended Complaint); and, given the Allstate Motion for Extension of Time…and…Page Limits, I expected the “good hands” to mix things up: In its notice of nonintervention filed in Denenea, the Government stated that ‘with the addition of Allstate as … Continue reading “Allstate files Answer in Branch – and this I couldn’t make up!”
With the MSM starting to call and ask about this case, it’s time for this breaking news to break! Louisiana Federal District Judge Carl Barbier has unsealed ex rel Denenea v Allstate! The Complaint , filed in May 2007 and amended in November 2009, indicates this litigation will get the truth out about Allstate’s handling … Continue reading “BREAKING NEWS – new Katrina qui tam unsealed: ex rel Denenea v Allstate”
“The Court has issued a number of decisions in this matter, and knowledge of the relevant background will be presumed.” Either Judge Vance has a dry wit or I’ve gone as slap-happy as the Three Stooges trying to clear my “drafts file” of posts. Whatever. Strike up the band provided SLABBED readers with “knowledge of … Continue reading “Judge Vance issues a series of Orders – and Reasons “you should know but…” (a Branch qui tam update)”
It’s been almost six months since SLABBED published Shall we dance? (March 2010), a post reporting Magistrate Shushan’s Order that granted in-part only the Branch Consultant’s Motion for leave to file a Second Amended Complaint (SAC) – so long that most have likely forgotten the big news of Shushan’s Order was what she denied and … Continue reading “Strike up the band – Judge Vance’s Order calls the dance and “rocks” on Rockwell (a Branch qui tam update)”