Fraud Lawsuit Against De Niro Tossed Out

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On the Docket - Judge: Cancer Not a De Niro Conspiracy
Published 3/12/2008 at Radar: Fresh Intelligence Blog
... by Fireman's Fund insurance, Nikki Finke reports. Fireman's Fund Insurance had claimed that De Niro withheld information about his cancer-addled junk during a medical exam at the outset of the filming of Hide and Seek . When he learned he had the cancer five days later , the shooting schedule was delayed and key actors were lost. "We are pleased that the Court has found that Fireman's Fund can't sue Mr. De Niro for getting cancer," his attorney Robyn Crowther said in a statement. [ Deadline Hollywood Daily ]

Robert De Niro Reminds Us That Nationalized Health Care Is An Important Issue [Stars Are Just Like Us]
Published 3/12/2008 by rebecca at Gawker
... insurance company? There's no national health care. Our veterans are sleeping under bridges and our respected actors are getting turned away by insurance companies! Hillary Clinton has promised universal health care within her first term, but "Hollywood" Robert De Niro has endorsed Obama. Like so many Americans, he doesn't realize that Hillary Clinton should be on the line when terror calls to deny you coverage due to a prior existing medical condition. [Deadline Hollywood] ...

The News: Haneke Does Mozart in NYC
Published 3/13/2008 at The Reeler
... . --That whole racket about Robert De Niro falsifying health claims before his prostate cancer diagnosis that delayed production on Hide and Seek -- thus triggering a insurance payoff -- in 2003? Yeah, not so much . Posted at March 13, 2008 5:58 AM