![Head of Archives from the Holocaust Victims' Information and Support Center in Vienna Lothar Hoelbling looks through files, on Friday, June 1, 2007. [file photo]](http://www.vinnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/docu.jpg "Austria Holocaust Archive")
Washington – The Supreme Court has turned down an appeal from Holocaust survivors who believe an Italian insurer got off too easy in a compromise settlement with victims and their heirs.
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Acting today, the justices refused to consider undoing a settlement agreed to by other survivors and Assicurazioni Generali over the company’s refusal to honor policies held by Holocaust victims.
The company has paid more than $135 million to resolve claims, but eight Holocaust survivors say that insurance policies with an estimated value of at $2 billion remain unpaid.
They asked the court for a ruling that would eventually force Generali to defend itself at trial and, possibly, pay punitive damages.
A settlement approved in 2007 followed a Supreme Court ruling that sharply limited survivors’ ability to sue over unpaid insurance claims.
The case is Rubin v. Assicurazioni Generali, 08-780.
This settlement was properly adopted and approved by the Courts. We cannot keep going back over and over again to re-litigate settled cases. Otherwise, there will be no incentive to settle cases and the victims will be even worse off. This is a proper decision by the Court and in everyone’s long term interest.
i filled out the forms yrs ago, and almost forgot about it, until i got a letter saying they received my application recently….something stinks