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HARTFORD CAS. INS. CO. v. TRAVELERS INDEM. CO.

Insurance Law, Landlord Tenant Law, Property Law & Real Estate
The trial court correctly determined that the landlord was an additional insured under the tenant's policy with plaintiff insurer and that plaintiff's...

AMERICAN RELIABLE INS. CO. v. STILLWELL

Civil Procedure, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Insurance Law
The district court properly applied the Rooker-Feldman doctrine when dismissing plaintiff insurer's motion to compel arbitration, where plaintiffs'...

WESTFIELD INS. CO. v. TECH DRY, INC.

Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
Kentucky courts would likely find that negligent hiring and retention of an employee constitutes an "occurrence" under the terms of an employer's...

DODSON v. J.C. PENNEY CO., INC.

Contracts, Insurance Law
Under Arkansas law, oral cancellation of an insurance policy did not relieve insurer of statutory duty to provide a 31-day grace period once the...

RANKIN v. ALLSTATE INS. CO.

Civil Procedure, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Insurance Law, Transportation
By waiting until after discovery had closed and the long-scheduled trial date had almost arrived, insurer unduly delayed invoking the arbitration...

LOGUIDICE v. METROPOLITAN LIFE INS. CO.

Civil Procedure, Insurance Law
Because plaintiff failed to read through her insurance folder, which would have put her on inquiry notice of her claims, the Massachusetts discovery...

GILMER v. STATE FARM MUT. AUTOMOBILE INS. CO.

Insurance Law
Insurance Code Section 11580.1 does not require an automobile liability policy to cover permissive drivers of nonowned vehicles.

LIBERTY MUT. INS. CO. v. FAG BEARINGS CORP.

Civil Procedure, Environmental Law, Insurance Law
A policyholder is precluded by the doctrine of issue preclusion from relitigating the cause of environmental contamination or the source of pollution.

AMERICAN STATES INS. CO. v. SYNOD OF THE RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH OUTSIDE OF RUSSIA

Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
The district court erred in finding that, based solely on a duty to defend, an insurer had a duty to indemnify a church for claims arising out of...

DOW CORNING CORP. v. SAFETY NAT'L CAS. CORP.

Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Insurance Law
Excess liability policies provided for mandatory arbitration, but the district court erred in confirming arbitrators' declaration that the decision...