Insurance Branch v. NOSSCR: Contract Dispute and Dismissal

Updated October 17, 2026: This report retains its original 2025 publication date and now incorporates the court records identified below.

Professional Employee Services LLC, doing business as Insurance Branch, and Brendon Cassity filed a separate lawsuit against NOSSCR on February 28, 2025. The case, 2025-CAB-001260 in D.C. Superior Court, concerned an exhibitor agreement, alleged reputational harm and demands for financial records. It was not the Keeve–Liner board case or the Nyman membership case.

The Contract and Accounting Claims

The complaint alleged that NOSSCR terminated a Premier Exhibitor Agreement in September 2024 after Insurance Branch had made payments for future conference opportunities. It sought damages of at least $48,999 on its contract theories, representing three payments the plaintiffs said produced no corresponding exhibition benefit. That figure was a demand, not a court award.

The plaintiffs also alleged defamation and asked for an equitable accounting of contributions and payments. They questioned the destinations and uses of funds and the relationship between NOSSCR, its Foundation and other entities. Those claims were contested allegations; the complaint was not an independent audit.

One qualification matters when reading the financial narrative: paragraph 55 says Insurance Branch did not ultimately deliver the proposed $30,000 monthly Foundation contributions. The complaint separately describes other payments. The proposed recurring arrangement should not be recast as a series of completed monthly transfers.

The Court’s Partial Dismissal and the Case Closure

After an October 29, 2025 hearing, Judge Ebony M. Scott granted NOSSCR’s motion to dismiss part of the complaint for lack of standing. The written November 7 order dismissed Count V, the equitable-accounting claim, and directed NOSSCR to answer. It did not dismiss every claim in the lawsuit at that stage.

A stipulation of voluntary dismissal was filed December 8 and docketed December 9, 2025. It requested dismissal of the action with each party bearing its own costs and fees. The docket marks the case closed as “Dismissed by Consent.” Unlike the June 2026 filings in the board and membership cases, this stipulation does not expressly state that dismissal is with prejudice or describe a confidential settlement agreement. It discloses no payment or admission.

A Related Federal Case Reached a Different Question

Separately, David Camp and Laura Beth Waller sued Insurance Branch and Cassity for defamation over an October 24, 2024 letter to NOSSCR’s board. In a memorandum opinion filed September 22, 2025, Judge Richard J. Leon of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia concluded that the judicial-proceedings privilege barred those claims in 1:24-cv-03568.

The opinion treated the letter as a demand seeking refunds, an accounting and an investigation in anticipation of possible litigation. It also rejected amendment of the defamation complaint as futile on that basis. This privilege analysis did not establish that the financial accusations in the letter were true. It concerned that communication and that lawsuit, rather than a general permission to repeat accusations anywhere.

Keep the Outcomes Separate

There are different plaintiffs, courts and remedies across these disputes. The Superior Court accounting-count ruling, the later consensual dismissal and the federal privilege opinion should each be reported on their own terms. None of these records decides an individual reader’s disability eligibility or supplies a reason to change an SSA filing deadline.

Related Reading

• The Financial-Oversight Allegations
• The Keeve–Liner Board Case
• The Nyman Turkish Membership Case
• Understanding Disability Appeals

Primary Sources

Records checked October 17, 2026. The court portal lists filings under “Events and Orders of the Court.” For Superior Court records, open the public case page and find the named document and date. Search by case number if the page does not open. The federal opinion is linked as a PDF.

• Insurance Branch and Cassity Complaint, Filed February 28, 2025
• Judge Scott’s November 7, 2025 Partial Dismissal Order
• Insurance Branch Stipulation of Voluntary Dismissal, Filed December 8, 2025
• D.C. Superior Court Public Docket, 2025-CAB-001260
• Camp and Waller v. Professional Employee Services, D.D.C. 1:24-cv-03568, Document 18, Filed September 22, 2025

This is general reporting on public court records, not advice about an individual disability claim. A filing describes a party’s position unless this article identifies a court ruling.