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

Contracts, Insurance Law
Summary judgment for defendant-insurer in a suit for recovery under the underinsured motorist provision of an insurance policy is affirmed where the...

August Entm't v. Philadelphia Indem. Ins. Co.

Contracts, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Cyberspace Law, Entertainment Law, Insurance Law
In bad faith action raising issues about whether a D&O liability policy covers a breach of contract claim where an officer entered into a contract...

Allstate Ins. Co. v. Hamilton Beach

Contracts, Insurance Law, Product Liability
In subrogation action seeking to recover sums paid to plaintiffs' respective insureds for covered losses sustained in a residential fire allegedly...

Lyndon Prop. Ins. Co. v. Duke Levy & Assocs. LLC

Construction, Contracts, Government Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
Summary judgment for defendant-project engineer on a negligence claim brought by a surety to recover for payments it made in connection with the...

Patricia Adkins Ins. Agency, Inc. v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co.

Contracts, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law, Trade Secrets
A collection of defendant insurance companies breached an agreement with plaintiff independent contractor agents by imposing trade secret and...

Jeld-Wen v. Superior Ct. (Marlborough Dev. Corp.)

Civil Procedure, Construction, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Insurance Law, Sanctions
Order that uninsured defendant attend mediation and pay sanctions for violating case management order is vacated as trial courts do not have the...

Nat'l Union Fire Ins. Co. of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania v. Alticor, Inc.

Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Insurance Law
In an appeal involving a motion to disqualify a law firm representing defendants, a rehearing is granted for defendants and a prior grant of the...

Oroville Hosp. v. Department of Health Servs.

Administrative Law, Government Benefits, Health Law, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
Denial of petition for writ of mandate seeking to compel defendant to reimburse plaintiff for money expended on its employee health care costs is...

Lutz v. Protective Life Ins. Co.

Contracts, Insurance Law, Remedies
Judgment on the pleadings for insurer in a class action suit for breach of contract and declaratory judgment involving an out-of-state group health...

Childtime Child Care, Inc. v. Colony Ins. Co.

Commercial Law, Contracts, Insurance Law, Property Law & Real Estate
Summary judgment for an insurer, holding that the exclusionary clause in a commercial general liability insurance policy it issued to a carpet and...