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Tenet Healthsystem Desert v. Blue Cross of Cal.

Insurance Law, Health Law, Contracts
In a suit by a hospital over defendants' refusal to pay approximately $1,996,265.50 for the cost of medical services it provided to an insured patient...

Medina-Padilla v. US Aviation Underwriters, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Insurance Law, Injury & Tort Law, Contracts
In a suit bringing tort-based claims arising out of the same set of underlying facts alleged in an earlier contract action, which was dismissed the on...

Gobeille v. Liberty Mut. Ins. Co.

Health Law, Insurance Law, Government Law, ERISA, Constitutional Law
In an action seeking a declaration that the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) pre-empts application of Vermont's law requiring...

W.C. and A.N. Miller Development Co. v. Cont’l Cas. Co.

Property Law & Real Estate, Insurance Law, Contracts
In an insurance action arising after defendant denied coverage on plaintiff’s liability insurance policy, the district court’s grant of summary...

Cunningham v. M&T Bank Corp.

Property Law & Real Estate, Insurance Law, Class Actions, Consumer Protection Law, Debt Collection, Banking Law
In a putative class action brought by homeowners claiming to be victims of a captive reinsurance scheme, the district court’s grant of summary...

Ramara, Inc. v. Westfield Ins. Co.

Insurance Law, Injury & Tort Law
In an insurance action arising from defendant insurance company's refusal to defend an injury & tort action brought by plaintiff's employee, who...

People ex rel. Gov. Employees Ins. Co. v. Cruz

Insurance Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
In a a qui tam action brought by GEICO asserting statutory and common law claims for damages and civil penalties against defendant arising from her...

Selective Ins. Co. of Am. v. County of Rensselaer

Civil Rights, Insurance Law, Attorney's Fees, Contracts
In an insurance action, in which defendant refused to pay plaintiff more than a single deductable payment following the defense of a class action and...

Haering v. Topa Insurance Co.

Insurance Law
In a case to determine whether an excess liability insurance policy that 'follows form' to an underlying primary policy that provides uninsured...

Gladstone v. U.S. Bancorp.

Bankruptcy Law, Insurance Law
In a bankruptcy action, the district court's order is affirmed where the debtor's interests in the term life insurance policies, including their...