Feds make bombshell intervention into landmark California wildfire suit, crushing ‘legal shield’ loophole

Fuente: New York Post

The Department of Justice is weighing in on a landmark California case, arguing federal law doesn’t shield 16 insurers accused of allegedly conspiring to cancel homeowners’ fire coverage and push customers onto a state-run plan. “The last thing the fire victims need is the improper use of certain legal doctrines to deprive Angelenos of their day in court,” Deputy Assistant Attorney General Charlie Beller of the Justice Department’s Antitrust Division said in a statement. “The DOJ Antitrust Division is monitoring insurer conduct across the country to ensure that an improper understanding of federal law does not preclude state or federal antitrust claims.