all - Opinion Summaries

SANDWICH CHEF OF TEXAS, INC. v. RELIANCE NAT'L INDEM. INS. CO.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Workers' Compensation
In certifying an FRCP 23(b)(3) class in a RICO fraud action based on alleged overcharging of workers' compensation insurance premiums, the district...

DERIUS v. ALLSTATE INDEM. CO.

Attorney's Fees, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
The decision of United Auto. Ins. Co. v. Rodriguez, 808 So.2d 82 (2001), rendered erroneous certain language, contained in Perez v. State Farm Fire...

JUAREZ v. 21ST CENTURY INS. CO.

Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
An insurer had no duty to give its insured notice of the Insurance Code section 11580.2(i) time limit for bringing a cause of action related to a...

US v. MILLER

Sentencing, Health Law, Insurance Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
In calculating the amount of loss resulting from a mail fraud for over-billing third-party insurers for services rendered in defendant's medical...

AMEX ASSURANCE CO. v. CARPIDES

Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
In a 28 U.S.C. section 1335 action to determine beneficiaries of insurance policies, default beneficiary provisions were not unenforceable under New...

JONES v. BARNHART

Administrative Law, Government Benefits, Insurance Law
An administrative law judge (ALJ) did not err in finding a deceased disability insurance benefits and supplemental security income claimant's...

CURRAN-KICKSEY v. BARNHART

Administrative Law, Government Benefits, Insurance Law
District court did not err in discounting a disability insurance benefits and supplemental security income claimant's subjective complaints of pain,...

HOMEDICS, INC. v. VALLEY FORGE INS. CO.

Contracts, Insurance Law, Intellectual Property, Patent
Underlying patent infringement claims did not invoke a duty to defend under a commercial general liability policy, under California law.

CATALINA CAR WASH, INC. v. DEP'T OF INDUS. RELATIONS

Administrative Law, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Workers' Compensation
An employer was insured as a matter of law against workers' compensation liability at the time of an inspection of its premises by the Division of...

MORTGAGE ASSOCIATES, INC. v. FID. & DEPOSIT CO. OF MARYLAND, INC.

Banking Law, Contracts, Insurance Law, Landlord Tenant Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a mortgage lender's claims for coverage after losses caused by a fraudulent loan scheme involving lender employees, under its financial institution...