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KROGMEIER v. BARNHART

Government Benefits, Health Law, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
Denial of an application for disability insurance benefits was supported by medical evidence, including the ALJ's decision to give treatment records...

JEM ENTER. v. WASHINGTON MUT. BANK, F.A.

Banking Law, Insurance Law, Property Law & Real Estate
A lender was entitled to 1) receive and control disbursement of earthquake insurance proceeds, under the assignment provision of a deed of trust, and...

MILLER v. FID. SEC. LIFE INS. CO.

Contracts, Insurance Law
Because Ohio Revised Code section 3923.57, placing limits on the reach of pre-existing condition clauses in insurance policies, did not apply to a...

RUSH PRUDENTIAL HMO, INC. v. MORAN

ERISA, Health Law, Insurance Law
The Illinois HMO Act is a law which "regulates insurance" under ERISA's saving clause, and because congressional intent did not override that clause,...

ARGONAUT INS. CO. v. BAKER

Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
A workers' compensation insurance carrier must be reimbursed from settlement proceeds for benefits paid to and on behalf of an injured employee,...

AM. HERITAGE LIFE INS. CO. v. ORR

Civil Procedure, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Insurance Law
A district court order compelling arbitration was an immediately appealable final decision under the Federal Arbitration Act, which applies to...

ASSOCIATED AVIATION UNDERWRITERS, INC. v. PUREX IND., INC.

Corporation & Enterprise Law, Insurance Law
Because mergers, sales, restructuring, and other transactions among commercial insureds do not obliterate the insureds' rights to coverage for...

CITY OF FLINT v. LEXINGTON INS. CO.

Civil Rights, Insurance Law
Based on strict construction of coverage and exclusions in a Public Officials and Employees Liability Insurance Policy, an insurer was obligated to...

AM. HERITAGE LIFE INS. CO. v. ORR

Civil Procedure, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Insurance Law
A district court order compelling arbitration was an immediately appealable final decision under the Federal Arbitration Act, which applies to...

PARASKEVAIDES v. FOUR SEASONS WASHINGTON

Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Property Law & Real Estate
A hotel was not entitled to limited its liability under the Innkeeper Statute where it did not display a copy or summary of the statute in its public...