In a ruling late last week, Judge Kathleen McGuire sided with the plaintiffs on some preliminary issues, deciding that the attorney general's office cannot represent the JUA.
"Given the quasi-private/public and voluntary nature of the JUA; the lack of any State funding to implement or support the JUA; the fact that the Department does not guarantee coverage to policyholders if the JUA were unable to do so; and the broad powers and responsibilities of the JUA board, the Court concludes that the JUA is a separate entity from the Insurance Department and is not part of the executive branch of State government," McGuire ruled Thursday.
She also looks back at the budget debate, and looks ahead to the end of the State's contract with state employees.
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