Kenneth Patterson

A slew of lawsuits concerning the collapse of Bermuda-based captive First Virginia Reinsurance Ltd. have been stayed pending a ruling on which United States court should have jurisdiction. All proceedings have come to a temporary halt while a 'Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation' considers a motion by three of the defendants, General Re, GeneralCologne Re and Berkshire Hathaway, to have the cases consolidated into one action at the U. S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee.

The Virginia Commissioner of Insurance has been accused of wrongfully seizing $57 million that allegedly belongs to insolvent Bermuda based captive First Virginia Reinsurance.Alfred W. Gross, as Deputy Receiver of Reciprocal of America and The Reciprocal Group Inc., allegedly illegally

Bermuda-based captive First Virginia Reinsurance Ltd. has been named as a defendant in four class action lawsuits filed in the United States on behalf of thousands of physicians, hospitals, clinics and attorneys. The lawsuits are on behalf of all parties in the U. S. who bought malpractice liability insurance coverage through Reciprocal of America, now in receivership, and/or affiliated parties from January 1, 1991 to January 31, 2003.