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Fasso v. Doerr

Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
In a medical malpractice action, the dismissal of Intervenor-Insurer's equitable subrogation claim is reversed, where there was insurance coverage...

Simpson v. Burkart

Bankruptcy Law, Insurance Law
In an appeal from a Bankruptcy Court order that Debtor's single-premium annuity was not exempt property, the order is affirmed, where Cal. Civ. Proc....

Dalton v. Harleysville

Contracts, Insurance Law
In an action between building proprietor and insurer, district court's grant of defendant-insurer's motion for summary judgment is vacated and...

Carillo v. Louisiana Ins. Guar. Ass'n

Admiralty, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
In a suit by an injured worker, judgment enforcing a twenty percent additional sum for late payment of an award is affirmed where filing a...

Branch Consultants v. Allstate Ins. Co.

Civil Procedure, Government Law, Insurance Law
Dismissal of a False Claims Act suit arising out of Katrina-related insurance fraud is affirmed in part where the FCA's first-to-file jurisdictional...

Monistere v. State Farm Fire & Cas. Ins. Co.

Government Benefits, Insurance Law
In a dispute over insurance payments for flood damage sustained during Hurricane Katrina, judgment for homeowners is reversed where the district...

Amoche v. Guarantee Trust Life Ins. Co.

Banking Law, Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Insurance Law
In the context of the $5 million amount-in-controvery requirement for removal under the Class Action Fairness Act of 2005, the circuit court rules...

Rowzie v. Allstate Ins. Co.

Government Law, Insurance Law
In a suit filed by insurance policy holders against an insurer alleging that defendant's policy of offsetting payments of underinsured motorist...

US v. Jadhav

Government Law, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Professional Malpractice
In a qui tam action under the False Claims Act (FCA) for allegedly fraudulent billing of the government through the Medicare and Medicaid programs for...

Sun Life Assurance Co. of Canada v. Sampson

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Insurance Law
In an insurer's interpleader action brought to resolve the allocation to beneficiaries of a $48,000 life insurance policy on an individual who died in...