XYZ v Travelers Insurance Company Ltd
Decision date: 24 February 2017
Neutral citation: [2017] EWHC 287 (QB)
Court: High Court (King's Bench Division)
Insurance classification confidence: high
Overall AI summary confidence: medium
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This is an application for an order that Travelers Insurance Company Ltd pay the costs incurred by 426 claimants who obtained judgment against Transform Medical Group (in administration) in claims arising from defective PIP breast implants. The material issue was whether it was just to order the insurer (Travelers) to pay those uninsured claimants' costs in light of Travelers' conduct during the litigation. The judge ordered Travelers to pay the applicants' costs up to 31 March 2016.
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