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Slupinski v. First Unum Life Ins. Co.

Attorney's Fees, ERISA, Insurance Law
Denial of plaintiff's requests for attorney's fees and prejudgment interest in connection with plaintiff's successful claim under the Employment...

In re Corrine W.

Family Law, Government Benefits, Government Law, Insurance Law, Juvenile Law
A county bureau of children and family services is not compelled by Welfare and Institutions Code section 11460 to pay for automobile liability...

Advantedge Bus. v. Thomas E. Mestmaker & Assocs., Inc.

Civil Procedure, ERISA, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
In litigation concerned a health-insurance plan plaintiff, a professional employer organization providing payroll and health insurance services,...

Pressley v. Tupperware Long Term Disability Plan

Civil Procedure, Government Law, Insurance Law
Dismissal of plaintiff's claim against defendant-insurance company for failure to respond to a request for information, in contravention of the...

Pennington v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
A motion to certify a question to the Kentucky Supreme Court over whether an insurance company may charge a greater underinsured motorist insurance...

Werner Enters., Inc. v. Westwind Maritime Int'l, Inc.

Commercial Law, Contracts, Insurance Law, Transportation
In an action to recover the full value of a shipment of lost cell phones under the Carmack Amendment to the Interstate Commerce Act, summary judgment...

Nolan v. Heald College

Civil Procedure, ERISA, Insurance Law
In an ERISA case involving the cancellation of long-term disability benefits, summary judgment for the plan administrator is reversed where a district...

Cornhusker Cas. Ins. Co. v. Kachman

Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
In a wrongful death action centering around the effective cancellation date of the insurance policy of the alleged tortfeasor, summary judgment for...

Cornhusker Cas. Ins. Co. v. Kachman

Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
In a wrongful death action centering around the effective cancellation date of the insurance policy of the alleged tortfeasor, summary judgment for...

Prospect Med. Group, Inc. v. Northridge Emergency Med. Group

Consumer Protection Law, Contracts, Health Law, Insurance Law
In a case involving the propriety of emergency room doctors' practice of "balance billing" of patients who are members of HMOs (but whose HMO's did...