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SIMMONS v. RELIANCE STANDARD LIFE INS. CO. OF TEXAS

Civil Procedure, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
Where a timely motion for reconsideration has not yet been disposed of, after a finding that an employer's insurance carrier abused its discretion in...

HAMILTON v. UNITED HEALTHCARE OF LOUISIANA, INC.

Insurance Law, Debt Collection
The district court's determination, that plaintiff's obligation to pay for reimbursement of benefits paid by defendant as plaintiff's group health...

SHELTER MUT. INS. CO. v. MAPLES

Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Property Law & Real Estate
An action to determine an insurer's duty to pay is remanded for a determination as to whether a covered peril (frozen pipes) or an excluded peril...

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

Contracts, Insurance Law
Under Ark. Code Ann. section 23-83-110, decedent's oral cancellation of a life insurance policy did not relieve the insurer of the statutory duty to...

FIREMAN'S INS. CO. OF NEWARK v. TODESCA EQUIP. CO., INC.

Contracts, Insurance Law
In a claim by a surety against affiliated construction companies, seeking indemnification for certain payments the surety made on the defendants'...

UNITED NAT'L INS. CO. v. SST FITNESS CORP.

Contracts, Insurance Law
Because an insured entered into an implied in fact contract by accepting defense costs subject to a reservation of the right to recoupment if a court...

BUXBAUM v. AETNA LIFE AND CAS. CO.

Insurance Law
Where a law firm made a claim under its business interruption insurance policy and did not -suspend operations- within the meaning of the policy, but...

HAMILTON v. UNITED HEALTHCARE OF LOUISIANA, INC.

Insurance Law, Debt Collection
The district court's determination, that plaintiff's obligation to pay for reimbursement of benefits paid by defendant as plaintiff's group health...

PECAROVICH v. ALLSTATE INS. CO.

Contracts, Insurance Law
Summary judgment in favor of defendant reversed, where plaintiff's home suffered major damage after an El Nino rainstorm, and he raised a genuine...

TELXON CORP. v. FED. INS. CO.

Class Actions, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Insurance Law
District court's grant of summary judgment to defendant affirmed, where defendant was not obligated by an officers and directors liability policy to...