all - Opinion Summaries

Regional Steel Corp. v. Liberty Surplus Ins. Corp.

Commercial Law, Construction, Contracts, Insurance Law
Judgment entered in favor of defendant-insurer in an insurance coverage dispute is affirmed, where the trial court did not err in finding that...

Hartford Casualty Ins. v. Swift Distribution, Inc.

Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Intellectual Property, Patent, Trademark
The Court of Appeal properly held that plaintiff-insurer had no duty to defend defendant-insured in an underlying suit for patent and trademark...

ReadyLink Healthcare, Inc. v. State Compensation Insurance Fund

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Health Law, Insurance Law
In an action challenging the Commissioner of the California Department of Insurance, the District Court's dismissal on abstention grounds is affirmed,...

Graf v. Hospitality Mutual Insurance Co.

Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
In an action to enforce a judgment that plaintiff secured against a third party insured after plaintiff was injured while a patron on the insured's...

Children's Hospital Central California v. Blue Cross of California

Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Evidence, Government Benefits
In a dispute between plaintiff-hospital and defendant-health plan over the reasonable value of the post-stabilization emergency medical services...

KeySpan Gas East Coporation v. Munich Reinsurance America, Inc.

Contracts, Environmental Law, Insurance Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In an insurance coverage dispute, in which plaintiff seeks a declaration that defendant-insurers have a duty to defend and indemnify plaintiff for...

Rea v. Blue Shield of California

Civil Rights, Class Actions, Contracts, Health Law, Insurance Law
The California Mental Health Parity Act, which uses broad statutory language to mandate the provision of medically necessary services for mental...

Street Surfing, LLC v. Great American E & S Insurance Co.

Contracts, Insurance Law, Intellectual Property, Trademark
Summary judgment in favor of defendant-insurer in a diversity insurance coverage action is affirmed, where: 1) plaintiff-insured was sued in the...

Euchner-USA, Inc. v. Hartford Casualty Ins. Co.

Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law, Contracts, ERISA
Summary judgment in favor of defendant-insurer in a declaratory judgment action in which plaintiff-insured sought coverage in an underlying suit...

Calderon v. GEICO General Insurance Co.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law, Remedies
Defendants' appeal from the district court's order granting partial summary judgment against them on the issue of liability in an action asserting...