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MERCADO v. ALLSTATE INS. CO.

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
Denial of a motion to remand an insurance bad faith action to state court is affirmed as the district court did not err in finding that a defendant...

CAPITOL INDEM. CORP. v. 1405 ASSOCS., INC.

Civil Procedure, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
District court had subject matter jurisdiction as amount in controversy exceeded the $75,000 minimum for diversity jurisdiction; insurer had no...

MACKINNON v. TRUCK INS. EXCH.

Environmental Law, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Landlord Tenant Law
A standard pollution exclusion clause in a comprehensive general liability insurance policy did not plainly and clearly exclude a landlord's ordinary...

IN THE MATTER OF MONUMENTAL LIFE INS. CO.

Civil Rights, Class Actions, Insurance Law
An order denying class certification, in an action for injunctive relief alleging payment of lower benefits and charging of higher premiums to blacks...

APPLING v. STATE FARM MUT. AUTO. INS. CO.

Contracts, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a breach of contract action brought by independent-contractor insurance agents against an insurance company, a termination provision did not...

SFH, INC. v. MILLARD REFRIG'D. SERVS., INC.

Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Landlord Tenant Law, Property Law & Real Estate
Warehouse landlord was an additional insured under a comprehensive general liability policy maintained by tenant, and its liability was also covered...

LAMBROS v. METRO. LIFE INS. CO.

Insurance Law
Insurance Code section 481, which states that unless an insurance contract "otherwise provides," a person insured is entitled to a return of premium...

CRITCHLOW v. FIRST UNUM LIFE INS. CO. OF AM.

Insurance Law
A decedent's intentional act of constricting his trachea with the purpose of depriving his brain of oxygen (autoerotic asphyxiation) is an...

LONDON v. WAL-MART STORES, INC.

Class Actions, Consumer Protection Law, Insurance Law
Granting of class certification is reversed in an action alleging violations of Florida laws regulating credit life insurance, as plaintiff failed to...

WOODLIFF v. CALIFORNIA INS. GUAR. ASS'N

Attorney's Fees, Debt Collection, Insurance Law
California Insurance Guarantee Association (CIGA) is required to pay the claim of an insured of an insolvent insurer when the claim is based upon a...