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J. Casper allows some claims to proceed in the insurance agent company's complaint alleging that GEICO terminated the parties' agreement, wiped clean all of the company's computer systems and failed to make payments to the agent for insurance policies it wrote. The first-to-file rule doesn't apply in this case because the agent's claim that it was misclassified as an independent contractor in this case has substantial differences from claims made in a similar class action filed in Ohio. Also, the agent's breach of contract claim is plausible as to the wrongful suspension of its business.
Court: USDC Massachusetts, Judge: Casper, Filed On: July 24, 2023, Case #: 1:23cv10325, NOS: Other Contract - Contract, Categories: Insurance, Class Action, Contract
J. Casper partially allows an advocacy clinic’s motion for summary judgment against government agencies for violating the Freedom of Information Act by failing to adequately find and provide records of ICE's use of solitary confinement in immigration detention centers, and partially allows the government agencies’ motion for summary judgment as well. Unverified first impression observations are not considered deliberative and therefore don’t have deliberative process privilege. However, some of ICE’s records cannot be publicized without causing security risks.
Court: USDC Massachusetts, Judge: Casper, Filed On: July 21, 2023, Case #: 1:21cv12030, NOS: Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) - Other Suits, Categories: Immigration, Public Record
J. Casper grants an insulation service company's motion to stop a former employee from violating contractual non-solicitation and confidentiality obligations. The former employee has already accepted work from one of the insulation company's prior customers on behalf of one of its competitors within a month of leaving the insulation service company, demonstrating a high likelihood of success for the company's misappropriation of trade secrets claim.
Court: USDC Massachusetts, Judge: Casper, Filed On: July 21, 2023, Case #: 1:23cv11375, NOS: Other Contract - Contract, Categories: Trade Secrets, Unfair Competition, Injunction
J. Casper denies an applicant’s motion against an insurance company for denying her long-term disability benefits. The information in the applicant’s file, as well as independent reviews of her records, supported her need for short-term disability benefits, which she was approved for, but failed to support her need for long-term disability benefits.
Court: USDC Massachusetts, Judge: Casper, Filed On: July 18, 2023, Case #: 1:22cv10085, NOS: Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) - Labor, Categories: Erisa, Health Care, Insurance
J. Casper awards a father and son $21,000 and $6,900, respectively, along with prejudgment interest, on their debt collection and conversion claims against an individual and two companies. The individual and companies seized the father and son's vehicles without legal right to possess the cars.
Court: USDC Massachusetts, Judge: Casper, Filed On: June 23, 2023, Case #: 1:21cv10356, NOS: Consumer Credit - Other Suits, Categories: Debt Collection, Damages
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J. Casper allows the insurers' motion for judgment on the pleadings in a collection entity's suit under the Medicare Secondary Payer Act alleging they did not reimburse a Medicare Advantage Organization for medical expenses paid on behalf of insureds. The collection entity lacks standing to proceed with its claims since it did not plausibly allege "injury-in-fact or causation."
Court: USDC Massachusetts, Judge: Casper, Filed On: June 21, 2023, Case #: 1:22cv11271, NOS: Medicare Act - Contract, Categories: Civil Procedure, Insurance, Medicare