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Limiting Windfall Damages

<i>Howell</i> was one of 2011's most important damages cases. It will have a significant impact on personal injury damages in California and may offer a model for challenging windfall damages in other states.

23 minute read January 31, 2012 at 01:40 PM
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David Axelrad And Robert Wright
Limiting Windfall Damages

As many consumers of medical care can attest, a medical provider's “usual and customary” rates as shown on its invoices are often several times higher than the amount the provider agrees to accept as payment in full from health insurers and others.

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