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J.C. PENNEY LIFE INS. CO. v. PILOSI

Contracts, Insurance Law
In a dispute concerning a life insurance policy, the district court's grant of summary judgment in favor of plaintiffs, awarding them $1 million...

ALLSTATE INS. CO. v. TOZER

Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
Defendants' claims against plaintiff-insurance company for negligent infliction of emotional distress, caused by witnessing their brother's death, are...

MUNRO V. GOLDEN RULE INS. CO.

Civil Procedure, Health Law, Insurance Law
Plaintiff's suit, claiming bad faith by defendant-insurance company, is dismissed where the amount in controversy does not exceed $75,000.

CITY OF LOS ANGELES v. ALLIANZ INS. CO.

Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
In an insurance coverage dispute, plaintiff did not exercise the requisite dominion and control over a truck to qualify as a "borrower" under the...

GUARDIAN LIFE INS. CO. v. FINCH

ERISA, Insurance Law
In an interpleader action to determine the beneficiary of a life insurance plan governed by ERISA, applying the federal common law of waiver,...

AMERICAN STATES INS. CO. v. CAPITAL ASSOC.

False Advertising, Insurance Law, Media Law
In a suit for indemnity, an advertising-injury clause of the kind in plaintiff's policy does not cover the normal consequences of junk advertising...

MILLER v. NORTHWESTERN MUT. LIFE INS. CO.

Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
Plaintiff-insured was not totally disabled within the meaning of his disability income insurance policy as he was able to perform at least one of the...

HARTFORD CAS. INS. CO. v. SUPERIOR COURT OF LOS ANGELES

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Insurance Law
In an insurance dispute, a new judge's refusal to vacate a recused judge's decision to deny plaintiff's motion for summary judgment was error.

UTICA MUTUAL INS. CO. v. VIGO COAL CO.

Contracts, Insurance Law
In a suit for breach of a suretyship contract, judgment in favor of defendant is affirmed.

STATE FARM FIRE AND CAS. v. STEINBERG

Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
In a lawsuit alleging misappropriation of confidential business information, plaintiff-insurance company has no duty to defend or indemnify its...