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McIntyre v. Colvin

Administrative Law, Evidence, Government Benefits, Insurance Law
The district court's judgment, affirming the Administrative Law Judge's (ALJ) denial of plaintiff's application for disability insurance benefits and...

Merrimon v. Unum Life Insurance Company

Class Actions, ERISA, Insurance Law
In a class action brought under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), arising out of defendant-insurer's redemption of claims on...

Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc.

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Health Law, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
The Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993 (RFRA) does not permit the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to demand that...

State of CA v. Superior Court (Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.)

Insurance Law, Drugs & Biotech, Health Law
In a qui tam action alleging that defendant violated the Insurance Fraud Prevention Act (IFPA) by employing runners and cappers to induce physicians...

Maslo v. Ameriprise Auto & Home Ins.

Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
Dismissal of plaintiff-insured's complaint alleging that defendant-insurer breached the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing by forcing...

American Steamship Owners v. Dann Ocean Towing, Inc.

Admiralty, Civil Procedure, Contracts, Insurance Law
The district court properly determined that the choice-of-law provision in the parties' maritime insurance contract required application of New York's...

Hansen v. Sentry Insurance Company

Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
Summary judgment for defendant-insurer in a coverage dispute action in which plaintiff alleged that defendant-insurer should defend him in the...

Dormitory Authority v. Continental Casualty

Contracts, Insurance Law, Professional Malpractice
In a declaratory judgment action between plaintiff-owner of a building and defendant-insurer of the architectural firm that designed it, summary...

CE Design, Ltd. v. American Economy Insurance Co.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Consumer Protection Law, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
In an appeal from the dismissal of an action for declaratory judgment on defendant-insurer's duty to defend its insured in an underlying action...

Universal Insurance Company v. Office of the Insurance Commissioner

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
Dismissal of plaintiff's action requesting declaratory relief regarding its insurance coverage obligations is affirmed, where the district court...