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DaimlerChrysler Corp. Healthcare Benefits Plan v. Durden

Civil Procedure, Contracts, ERISA, Family Law, Health Law, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
Summary judgment for one claimant in an interpleader action filed by a pension plan seeking a declaration as to which of two claimants was decedent's...

Harriman v. Goff

Civil Procedure, Insurance Law
An appeal is dismissed for lack of jurisdiction where the order on appeal did not constitute a final order of dismissal.

Backwater, Inc. v. Penn-Am. Ins. Co.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Evidence, Insurance Law
Summary judgment for defendant-insurer in a bad faith claim is affirmed where the insurer acted in good faith since conflicting inferences could be...

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

Attorney's Fees, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
Denial of an insurer's motion for attorney's fees and costs in a suit for coverage arising from a car accident is reversed where the insurer had a...

Somoza v. Allstate Indem. Co.

Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Remedies
Final judgment awarding insurance company a setoff against a jury verdict and jury's finding of no damages for pain and suffering are affirmed where...

Kolosky v. UNUM Life Ins. Co. of Am.

Administrative Law, ERISA, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
Partial summary judgment for plaintiff on a claim alleging wrongful denial of long-term disability benefits under the Employee Retirement Income...

Century Surety Co. v. Polisso

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Construction, Contracts, Insurance Law
Judgment in favor of cross-complainants awarding compensatory and punitive damages for breach of contract, insurance bad faith, and malicious...

Drum v. Superior Ct.

Civil Procedure, Insurance Law, Sanctions
Appeal from orders imposing ever-increasing amounts of monetary sanctions upon petitioner for repeated failures to appear at order to show cause...

Beth Israel Med. Ctr. v. Horizon Blue Cross

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Contracts, Health Law, Insurance Law
Summary judgment in favor of defendant, in case brought to secure reimbursement for hospital services rendered, is vacated as to breach of contract...

Robinson v. GEICO Gen. Ins. Co.

Evidence, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
Adverse judgment for plaintiff in her suit against her auto insurance company seeking payment of damages allegedly caused by an underinsured motorist...