Legal Opinion
Appalachian Regional Healthcare v. Cunningham
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided November 22, 2017No. Record 161767PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION BY JUSTICE D. ARTHUR KELSEY
The State Corporation Commission ("SCC") denied claims filed by a group of Kentucky hospitals (the "Hospitals") requesting reimbursement for $439,375.20 in legal fees and costs from Reciprocal of America ("ROA"), an insolvent insurer. The Hospitals appeal, arguing that certain agreements constituting an assumption reinsurance transaction provided a contractual basis for the claims and that the SCC erred in concluding otherwise. We disagree and affirm.
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In the late 1970s and early 1980s, a group of Kentucky hospitals created two self-insured Trusts-the…
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