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Speech & Language Center, LLC, et al. v. Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey

Paid petition · Supreme Court of New Jersey, No. 085263, A-66 September Term 2020 · judgment December 9, 2021

Certiorari denied · May 2, 2022
Pre-decision estimate: 4% cert probability

Before the decision, roughly the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for counsel with five or more prior petitions here, a petition filed soon after the judgment below, and a business petitioner.

Question presented

Can parties to a civil settlement agree that the payments required under the agreement are not dischargeable in bankruptcy?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Michael James Confusione
Hegge & Confusione

For respondent
Thomas S. Cosma
Connell Foley LLP

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. May 02 2022
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Apr 13 2022
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/29/2022.
  3. Mar 24 2022
    Brief of respondent Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey in opposition filed.
    Main DocumentProof of ServiceCertificate of Word Count
  4. Feb 16 2022
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due March 24, 2022)
    PetitionAppendixCertificate of Word CountProof of Service