Compare and contrast benefit review conferences and arbitration hearings.

What will be an ideal response?


A benefit review conference is an informal meeting where the parties come together to discuss issues that may lead to a settlement of the case. An arbitration hearing, on the other hand, has a third party present, the arbitrator, who works with the parties to help bring them to a settlement.

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Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

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Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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A river overflows its banks, flooding the basement of a nearby house. To avoid liability, the

carrier of the flood insurance policy for the house most likely will claim that since the river had never before overflown its banks, this involved A) indemnification B) an unavoidable accident C) the doctrine of res ipsa loquitur D) an Act of God

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A defendant charged under the felony murder rule is often also be charged with criminal _________.

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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