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PEOPLE (ALLSTATE INS. CO.) v. MUHYELDIN

Criminal Law & Procedure, Health Law, Insurance Law
In an action arising out of an insurer's lawsuit against three physicians and their medical clinics alleging the submission of false claims,...

ALLSTATE INS. CO. v. HUGHES

Civil Procedure, Insurance Law
An insurance carrier was not the real party in interest in a fire insurance subrogation action, and such a claim could only be brought in the name of...

S-G METALS INDUS., INC. v. NEW ENGLAND LIFE INS. CO.

Civil Procedure, Insurance Law
In an action alleging a fraudulent scheme involving "vanishing premiums" in the sale of life insurance policies, RICO violations, and common law fraud...

KIDNEIGH v. UNUM LIFE INS. CO. OF AM.

ERISA, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
Both a Colorado state law bad faith claim against an employment disability insurance provider, and a spouse's derivative loss of consortium claim, are...

CALIFORNIA INS. GUAR. ASS'N v. WORKERS' COMP. APPEALS BD.

Insurance Law, Workers' Compensation
When a claimant seeks workers' compensation benefits from the California Insurance Guarantee Association (CIGA) for a claim arising out of a car...

CITY OF BURLINGTON v. INDEM. INS. CO. OF N. AM.

Insurance Law
Under Vermont law, a paragraph of plaintiff's policies that excluded from coverage losses due to "latent defect" and various other listed internal...

CROSSE v. BCBSD, INC.

Corporation & Enterprise Law, Health Law, Insurance Law
A non-profit health insurance company does not owe fiduciary duties to its plan participants, because the relationship between the insurer and each...

WORLD TRADE CTR. PROPS., L.L.C. v. HARTFORD FIRE INS. CO.

Insurance Law, Property Law & Real Estate
Under the definition of "occurrence" in the insurance policy form circulated by plaintiffs' insurance broker, the destruction of the World Trade...

USX CORP. v. ADRIATIC INS. CO.

Civil Procedure, Insurance Law
In a complex insurance coverage action, the district court's determination to allow an amendment amplifying the notice of removal clearly was within...

KRIZEK v. CIGNA GROUP INS.

ERISA, Insurance Law
District court erred in finding that plaintiff is not entitled to long term disability benefits under a group long-term disability plan issued by the...