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Minnesota: Setback for Trial Bar

According to NAMIC and its Minnesota state trade partners, the Insurance Federation of Minnesota and the Minnesota Association of Farm Mutual Insurance Companies, the trial bar suffered a setback last Tuesday when Sen. Linda Scheid convinced the Senate to amend S.F. 2822, the Trial Lawyers Bad Faith bill. The amendment, which drew bipartisan support on the floor, eliminated the most harmful parts of the original bill and replaced them with a more balanced approach to the issue of claims.


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