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ELLIS v. LIBERTY LIFE ASSURANCE CO.

Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit for disability benefits, summary judgment in favor of plaintiff is reversed where defendant-insurance company did not abuse its discretion...

HOME INS. CO. v. SUPERIOR CT.

Civil Procedure, Insurance Law
In a single action brought by an insured against both its primary and excess insurers, the interests of the two types of insurers are not necessarily...

PENN-AM. INS. CO. v. MIKE'S TAILORING

Insurance Law, Public Utilities
In an insurance policy coverage dispute, sewer backup exclusion coverage includes loss or damage caused by sewage and pollutants contained in sewer...

Bucci v. Essex Ins. Co.

Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
Under Maine law, an insurer that has violated its duty to defend is not precluded from subsequently arguing that it does not have a duty to indemnify.

DAUN v. USAA CAS. INS. CO.

Insurance Law, Transportation
The California uninsured motorist statute does not allow an insurer to exclude uninsured or underinsured motorist coverage where the insured is...

ROYAL MACCABEES LIFE INS. CO. v. CHOREN

Attorney's Fees, Contracts, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law, Remedies
In a bad faith breach of insurance contract counterclaim, a jury verdict in favor of defendant-doctor is affirmed over plaintiff's challenges that the...

RENCARE, LTD. v. HUMANA HEALTH PLAN

Administrative Law, Contracts, Health Law, Insurance Law
In a medical insurance coverage dispute, the district court improperly dismissed plaintiff's claims for failure to exhaust administrative remedies...

SOUTHERN HOSPITALITY, INC. v. ZURICH AM. INS. CO.

Insurance Law
In a suit arising from the denial of insurance claims after the events of September 11, 2001, the district court properly dismissed plaintiff's claims...

MARTIN v. FRANKLIN CAPITAL CORP.

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Contracts, Insurance Law
In a suit alleging illegalities in automobile financing and insurance contracts, denial of plaintiff's request for attorney's fees, based on...

BELL v. GREG AGEE CONSTR.

Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
Peculiar risk liability may not be imposed on a defendant-employer, even where the employer was without workers' compensation coverage at the time the...