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Phillips v. Bramlett

Health Law, Insurance Law
In an action involving physician's liability, trial court judgment against plaintiff in excess of statutory cap is reversed where the exception to the...

St. Paul Marine & Fire Ins. Co. v. Lago Canyon Inc.

Admiralty, Civil Procedure, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
In an action seeking a declaration that Plaintiff-Insurer's policy did not cover Defendant's maritime accident, judgment for Plaintiff is affirmed in...

West Coast Life Ins. Co. v. Hoar

Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Sports Law
In an action for rescission of an insurance policy, summary judgment for Plaintiff is affirmed, where Defendants' decedent made a material omission in...

Schoedinger v. United Healthcare of the Midwest, Inc.

ERISA, Health Law, Insurance Law
In a dispute over health claims, district court judgment in favor of defendant is affirmed where: 1) defendant's published claims procedures did not...

Allstate Settlement Corp. v. Rapid Settlements, Ltd.

Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
In an action involving the payment of a settlement, district court's grant of summary judgment against defendant is affirmed where plaintiff is not...

Broberg v. The Guardian Life Ins. Co. of Am.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
In an dispute involving a life insurance policy, trial court's grant of defendant's demurrer is reversed where: 1) the plaintiff's fraud and negligent...

First Specialty Ins. Corp. v. Am. Home Assurance Co.

Admiralty, Insurance Law
In an insurance dispute, district court's grant of defendant's motion for summary judgment is affirmed where: 1) the joint operation of the barge and...

McCoy v. Progressive West Ins. Co.

Evidence, Insurance Law
In a bad faith insurance action based on a car theft, judgment for plaintiff is affirmed where: 1) there is no authority for a jury instruction on the...

Pichoff v QHG of Springdale, Inc.

ERISA, Insurance Law
In an ERISA action for breach of fiduciary duty, district court's grant of defendant's motion to dismiss for failure to state a claim is affirmed...

Sutter Health Uninsured Pricing Cases

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Health Law, Insurance Law
In a class action against a hospital system alleging that it improperly denied plaintiffs discounts it granted insured patients, trial court's denial...