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BASF AG v. Great Am. Assurance Co.

Contracts, Drugs & Biotech, Insurance Law
In a suit seeking to recover damages from defendants-insurers for their failure to defend and indemnify plaintiff during a suit over the marketing of...

In Re: Katrina Canal Litig. Breaches

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Contracts, Government Law, Insurance Law
In a class action brought by the Attorney General of Louisiana alleging that defendants-insurance companies failed to pay covered insurance claims...

Advocare Int'l LP v. Horizon Labs., Inc.

Commercial Law, Contracts, Drugs & Biotech, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Product Liability
In a suit brought by a company that formulated and sold products for improving nutrition and weight loss, arising from underlying suits claiming...

Lehmann v. GE Global Ins. Holding Corp.

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
In a suit brought against a parish's liability insurers to collect on a judgment obtained against the parish in an underlying personal injury case,...

Sompo Japan Ins., Inc. v. Nippon Cargo Airlines Co., Ltd.

Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, International Law, International Trade, Transportation
In a suit by an insurer to recover damages from international shipping companies for damaged goods, judgment for plaintiff is affirmed where: 1) state...

Council of Ins. Agents & Brokers v. Molasky-Arman

Commercial Law, Constitutional Law, Insurance Law
Nevada's "countersignature" statute, Nev. Rev. Stat. section 680A.300, is unconstitutional as it violates the Privileges and Immunities Clause of...

Hartford Underwriters Ins. Co. v. Found. Health Servs. Inc.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Health Law, Insurance Law
In a coverage dispute between an insurer and the owner/operator of various healthcare facilities and nursing homes, denial of insurer's motions for...

Fed. Ins. Co. v. Arthur Andersen LLP

Contracts, Insurance Law
In a declaratory action over an insurer's duty to defend or indemnify, judgment for the defendant-insured is reversed where the plaintiff-insurer was...

Ambrosia Land Invs., LLC v. Peabody Coal Co.

Civil Procedure, Construction, Insurance Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a suit concerning damage to plaintiffs' property as a result of mine subsidence, summary judgment for defendant is reversed where plaintiffs'...

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

Contracts, Insurance Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In an action brought by plaintiffs, who lost their home during Hurricane Katrina, to collect benefits under their homeowner's insurance policy, grant...