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AM. INT'L SPECIALTY LINES INS. CO. v. ELEC. DATA SYS. CORP.

Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Insurance Law
In a case involving the arbitrability of subsidiary coverage in a liability insurance policy, the district court's finding that the subsidiary had...

WHITEHEAD v. ZURICH AM. INS. CO.

Insurance Law
The district court's dismissal of plaintiff's claim and denial of motion to amend are affirmed where, plaintiff failed to exhaust the administrative...

COMTY. HEALTH PLAN OF OHIO v. MOSSER

Civil Procedure, ERISA, Insurance Law, Remedies
In an action arising from efforts by plaintiff insurance company to enforce its plan's subrogation provision, the district court's grant of summary...

MCCORD v. MINNESOTA MUTUAL LIFE INS. CO.

Civil Procedure, Insurance Law
The district court erred when it held fraud and deceptive practices claims concerning the marketing and sales of "vanishing premium" life insurance...

AXA CORPORATE SOLUTIONS v. UNDERWRITERS REINS. CORP.

Civil Procedure, Entertainment Law, Insurance Law
In a case involving insurance-backed film financing, the district court erred in dismissing the case where it relied on state statute section...

NAT. UNION FIRE INS. v. TERRA INDUS.

Insurance Law
District court did not err in concluding 1) contamination of insured's product constituted an occurrence under the commercial umbrella policy issued...

CDM INVESTORS v. AMERICAN NAT'L FIRE INS. CO.

Insurance Law
In this insurance coverage action, the trial court properly sustained the defendant's demurrers where the coverage clause unambiguously provided that...

AMERICA ONLINE, INC. v. ST. PAUL MERCURY INS. CO.

Cyberspace Law, Insurance Law
In a liability dispute arising over software "bugs," the insurer did not have to indemnify where the underlying complaints did not allege physical...

DIFELICE v. AETNA US HEALTHCARE

ERISA, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Professional Malpractice
Dismissal of an action alleging defendant's negligence in determining that a tube was "medically unnecessary," is affirmed where the suit is...

US v. LUCIEN

Criminal Law & Procedure, Health Law, Insurance Law
Conviction of health care fraud, 18 U.S.C. section 1347, is affirmed where the court applied the federal health care fraud statute to defendants'...