Law Faculty in the News - Archives for Adam F. Scales

7/28/2010 - A Fallen Hero: How an Insurance Company Profited
Washington and Lee law professor Adam Scales appeared on CBS Evening News to discuss a practice where insurance companies make millions in interest by delaying payments to the beneficiaries of life insurance policies.   
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1/11/2009 - Dissecting AIG's Failure
Washington and Lee Law Professor Adam Scales looks at the crash of AIG and wonders why the insurance giant's huge profit margins did not draw more scrutiny.   
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5/11/2008 - Professor Adam Scales Discusses Katrina-related Insurance Changes
Washington and Lee University School of Law Professor Adam Scales is proposing changes to the way private insurers and the government deal with reimbursements for flood and wind damage.   
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4/11/2008 - Professor Adam Scales Discusses Virginia Tech Massacre Settlement
Washington and Lee University School of Law Professor Adam Scales commented on the $11 million settlement between Virginia Tech and some of the families of the massacre victims.   
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8/14/2007 - Professor Adam Scales Discusses Boar Tusk Insurance Case at FindLaw.com
Professor Adam Scales, serving as a guest columnist on FindLaw, discusses the refusal of an insurance company to provide liability coverage for the Seattle dentist sued for replacing a patient's teeth with boar tusks as a prank.   
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12/11/2006 - Professor Adam Scales Discusses Katrina Ruling at BestWire
Professor Adam Scales participated in a Q&A with BestWire concerning the recent decision by a federal judge to compensate policyholders for Katrina damage.    
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12/11/2006 - Professor Adam Scales Discusses Katrina Ruling at FindLaw.com
Professor Adam Scales, serving as a guest columnist on FindLaw, addresses the recent decision by a federal judge to compensate policyholders for Katrina damage.   
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8/18/2006 - Professor Adam Scales Discusses Ruling for Katrina Insurers on FindLaw
Professor Adam Scales, serving as a guest columnist on FindLaw, addresses the recent decision by a federal judge who ruled that insurance companies do not have to pay for damage caused by flooding during hurricane Katrina.    
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8/16/2006 - Professor Adam Scales Discusses Ruling for Katrina Insurers in the New York Times
Professor Adam Scales discusses the ruling by a federal judge that an insurance company's policies do not cover damage from flood waters or storm surge. This decision could affect hundreds of upcoming cases related to property damage from Hurricane Katrina.    
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8/4/2006 - Professor Adam Scales Discusses Denied Insurance Claims in the New York Times
Professor Adam Scales discusses the "anti-concurrent causation" clause that has resulted in the denial of many insurance claims from Hurricane Katrina victims. (Free registration at the New York Times website may be required to view this story.)   
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6/15/2006 - Adam Scales on WDBJ-7 commenting on judgment against MTD Mowers
Adam Scales on WDBJ-7 commenting on judgment against MTD Mowers   
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