Palm Medical, State Fund Send Dueling Briefs to State Supreme Court

Palm Medical and State Compensation Insurance Fund are engaged in dueling briefs before the state Supreme Court.Palm Medical filed its answer to State Fund’s petition for review earlier this month. State Fund replied this week.In State Compensation Insurance Fund v. Palm Medical, State Fund is appealing a decision by the First District Court of Appeal. That court overturned a trial judge’s decision to disallow a jury verdict against State Fund and an award of $1.13 million to Palm. The San Francisco jury found State Fund illegally excluded Palm Medical from its preferred provider n...