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Ben Bolt-Palito Blanco Consol. Indep. Sch. Dist. v. Texas Political Subdivisions Prop./Cas. Joint Self-Insurance Fund

Contracts, Education Law, Government Contracts, Government Law, Insurance Law
A self-insurance fund composed of local political subdivisions does not enjoy governmental immunity against a fund member school district-s coverage...

State of Cal. v. Underwriters at Lloyd's London

Contracts, Environmental Law, Government Law, Insurance Law
Summary judgment for defendant insurers based on exclusions in their policies for liability based on pollution and on the discharge of pollutants into...

Wood v. Foremost Ins. Co.

Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In an action arising from tornado damage to plaintiffs' roof and their claim for coverage under their homeowner's policy, summary judgment for...

Hodges v. Mack Trucks, Inc.

Attorney's Fees, Evidence, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law, Product Liability, Remedies, Workers' Compensation
In appeals arising out of a product-liability action for injuries sustained because of a secondary collision in Texas, involving a tractor-trailer...

Airborne Freight Corp. v. St. Paul Fire & Marine Ins. Co.

Commercial Law, Contracts, Insurance Law, Transportation
In a breach of contract case in which plaintiff sought indemnification from an insurer after it settled certain lawsuits for lost and damaged...

Garcia v. Federal Ins. Co.

Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
After dismissal of action against defendant, in case alleging that homeowner policy insuring employer extended coverage to plaintiff, Court of Appeals...

US v. Evans

Criminal Law & Procedure, Insurance Law, International Trade
Conviction of wire fraud based on a telefax from the victim to the defendant is affirmed where the jury was entitled to find that defendant caused...

Via Net v. TIG Ins. Co.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Insurance Law
In a suit brought by plaintiff against one of its vendors for breaching a promise to provide additional-insured coverage, a court of appeals decision,...

Brainard v. Trinity Universal Ins. Co.

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Remedies
Uninsured/underinsured motorist (UIM) insurance covers prejudgment interest that the underinsured motorist would owe the insured in tort liability....

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

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Remedies
In an action brought by an individual injured in a car accident to recover benefits under his underinsured motorist (UIM) policy, the court finds, in...