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OLD REPUBLIC INS. CO. v. DURANGO AIR SERV., INC.

Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
Because an aviation insurance policy clearly provided coverage for all persons suffering from mental anguish as a result of aircraft operation, the...

MCCARTHY v. AMERICAN INT'L GROUP, INC.

Insurance Law
Under the terms of insurance policy, the date of injury to which plaintiff's notice of claim related, and whether that date fell within the period...

LAUDER v. FIRST UNUM LIFE INS. CO.

ERISA, Insurance Law
Where insurer had documentation of insured's disability, but for its own internal convenience did not investigate her claim at the time of her...

ARAWAK AVIATION, INC. v. INDEM. INS. CO. OF N. AM.

Contracts, Insurance Law
Where plaintiff's pilot negligently failed to secure an oil cap on an aircraft, causing the engine to lose oil pressure and severely overheat, the...

ST. PAUL GUARDIAN INS. CO. v. CENTRUM GS LTD.

Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
The acts of terminating an employee and posting a "Wanted Poster," containing personal information about the employee in order to warn building...

NATIONWIDE MUT. INS. CO. v. UNAUTHORIZED PRACTICE OF LAW COMM.

Civil Procedure, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Insurance Law
Whether Texas law prohibits an insurance company from employing staff attorneys to represent its insureds in policy-related cases is not a question...

AMERICAN SIMMENTAL ASS'N v. COREGIS INS. CO.

Attorney's Fees, Insurance Law, Remedies
In an insurance coverage dispute, insurer's claim that some defense costs were unreasonable served only to reduce the principal amount owed the...

CANADY v. ALLSTATE INS. CO.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Insurance Law
Where the district court permanently enjoined plaintiffs from prosecuting a class action against multiple, unrelated defendants, based upon the same...

PLATINUM TECH., INC. v. FEDERAL INS. CO.

Contracts, Insurance Law, Intellectual Property, Trademark
In assessing whether an insured made a reasonable, good faith settlement in the case underlying its action against insurer for failure to defend,...

HAMILTON v. MARYLAND CAS. CO.

Civil Procedure, Insurance Law
A defending insurer cannot be bound to a settlement to which it has not agreed and in which it has not participated, even where the settlement has...