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Louisiana Health Serv. & Indem. Co. v. Rapides Healthcare Sys.

ERISA, Government Law, Health Law, Insurance Law
The Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) does not preempt section 40:2010 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes, which requires insurance...

Am. Trucking Ass'ns, Inc. v. Delaware Joint Toll Bridge Comm'n

Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Government Law, Insurance Law, Transportation
Truckers lack a private right of action under 33 U.S.C. section 508, a provision that calls for bridge tolls to be "just and reasonable," to maintain...

Office Depot, Inc. v. Marsh & McLennan Cos., Inc.

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Insurance Law
In a case brought by a retailer involving alleged insurance bid rigging, a petition for writ of certiorari challenging the grant of a stay of the...

Regents of the Mercersburg Coll. v. Republic Franklin Ins. Co.

Civil Rights, Contracts, Education Law, Health Law, Insurance Law, Property Law & Real Estate
The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) applies to private-school dormitories. In an insurance coverage dispute arising out of a lightning strike...

Abatie v. Alta Health & Life Ins. Co.

Evidence, Health Law, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law, ERISA
In ERISA cases in which a conflict of interest exists for the plan administrator, abuse of discretion review, tempered by skepticism commensurate with...

Unified W. Grocers, Inc. v. Twin City Fire Ins. Co.

Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure, Contracts, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
Summary judgment for an insurance company in a coverage dispute is reversed where: 1) the district court erred in finding no genuine issue as to...

CIC Prop. Owners v. Marsh USA Inc.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Insurance Law, Property Law & Real Estate
Summary judgment for defendant in a suit brought by a risk-management and insurance consulting firm against a company that provided brokerage services...

Colliers Lanard & Axilbund v. Lloyds of London

Contracts, Insurance Law, Professional Malpractice, Property Law & Real Estate
In a dispute over retroactive coverage for a claim, a judgment for insured concluding that an insurer's policy did not exclude a disputed claim is...

Dick v. Conseco, Inc.

Bankruptcy Law, Contracts, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
Summary judgment for employer in an action over the effects of bankruptcy on employee benefits for a senior officer is affirmed where the employment...

Riddell v. Unum Life Ins. Co. of Am.

ERISA, Health Law, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
Judgment on the administrative record to defendants, claimant's employer and the administrator of his long-term disability plan, on an ERISA claim is...