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MILL'S PRIDE, INC. v. CONTINENTAL INS. CO.

Contracts, Insurance Law
Ohio law is applied to the issue of contract interpretation of an insured's duty to provide notice to, cooperate with, and obtain consent to settle...

IN THE MATTER OF: EQUINOX OIL CO., INC.

Banking Law, Bankruptcy Law, Insurance Law, Property Law & Real Estate
A pre-existing mortgage in favor of banks primes liens filed by certain creditors pursuant to the Louisiana Oil Well Lien Act. Proceeds of debtor's...

AGAPE BAPTIST CHURCH, INC. v. CHURCH MUT. INS. CO.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Insurance Law
In suit over the amount of insurance coverage in place at the time of a loss, plaintiff's jury instruction on its theory of a coverage increase was...

SUN LIFE ASSURANCE CO. OF CANADA v. RICHARDSON

Insurance Law
Louisiana's doctrine of substantial compliance will not apply to change the beneficiary of a life insurance policy without evidence that 1) the named...

FUCHSBERG & FUSCHBERG v. CHICAGO INS. CO.

Civil Procedure, Insurance Law
An insurer is collaterally estopped from arguing that a law firm associate's knowledge of his own wrongdoing forecloses coverage for the firm under...

PARKANS INT'L LLC v. ZURICH INS. CO.

Contracts, Criminal Law & Procedure, Insurance Law
After insureds suffered a loss caused by the fraud of a third party, crime coverage for forgery under a primary insurance policy did not apply where...

UPLAND ANESTHESIA MED. GROUP v. THE DOCTOR'S CO.

Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Professional Malpractice
A medical group was precluded from an insurance defense under the intentional acts exclusion, where allegations related to the rendering or failure to...

ATLANTIC MUT. INS. CO. v. J. LAMB, INC.

Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
Published disparaging statements allegedly made by an insured, about a third party's business and products, fall under the very broad "personal...

SMATHERS v. MULTI-TOOL, INC.

ERISA, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
An employee health plan administrator's denial of benefits was arbitrary and capricious under the heightened standard of review, necessarily applied...

JULIAN v. HARTFORD UNDERWRITERS INS. CO.

Insurance Law, Property Law & Real Estate
An insurer cannot owe policy benefits to its insured as a matter of law, when the relevant policy contains an exclusion for each and every possible...