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Monumental Life Ins. Co. v. Hayes-Jenkins

Contracts, Insurance Law
In a claim for benefits under a mortgage life insurance policy, summary judgment in favor of plaintiff-insurance company is reversed where defendant...

Progressive Universal Ins. Co. of Illinois v. Liberty Mut. Fire Ins. Co.

Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
In declaratory judgment action regarding the duty to defend or indemnify a defendant in a personal injury accident where defendant's conduct fell...

Cal. Ins. Guarantee Ass'n v. Workers Comp. Appeals Bd.

Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
In a suit for reimbursement of workers compensation benefits, plaintiff is not responsible for an insurance company's reimbursement claim where the...

Suopys v. Omaha Prop. & Cas.

Insurance Law
The 60-day period for filing a proof of loss under the Standard Flood Insurance Policy is not waivable.

Rombe Corp. v. Allied Ins. Co.

Commercial Law, Insurance Law, Trade Secrets
Standard commercial general liability insurance policies that provide coverage for "advertising injuries" do not cover liability incurred for acts of...

Garamendi v. Golden Eagle Ins. Co.

Civil Procedure, Evidence, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a wrongful discharge suit, the trial court's judgment upholding the Insurance Commissioner's rejection of defendants' claims is affirmed where the...

Metric/Kvaerner Fayetteville v. Federal Ins. Co.

Insurance Law
In an insurance dispute, the district court erred in ruling that plaintiff's claims were barred since it incorrectly concluded that plaintiff failed...

Weinreb v. Hosp. for Joint Disease Orthopaedic Ins.

ERISA, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit for life insurance benefits under ERISA, plaintiff-decedent's widow has no claim for benefits where the required enrollment form under...

Cincinnati Ins. Co. v. Leighton

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Insurance Law
In an indemnity dispute, a magistrate judge correctly entered judgment as a matter of law in favor of defendant, and properly denied plaintiff's...

Smith v. Allstate Ins. Co.

Civil Procedure, Insurance Law
Plaintiff's claim for fire insurance coverage is barred where the provisions in the insurance policy that required suit to be brought within one year...