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CHARTER OAK FIRE INS. CO. v. HEDEEN & COS.

Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
In declaratory judgment action, where it was at least arguable that particular trademarks were used in the course of insureds' advertising, insurer's...

US EX .REL. QUIRK v. MADONNA TOWERS, INC.

Health Law, Insurance Law
In a suit brought under the False Claims Act, 31 U.S.C. section 3729 et seq., the record did not establish claim that defendant knowingly submitted a...

SCOTTSDALE INS. CO. v. NAT'L UNION FIRE INS. CO. OF PITTSBURGH

Insurance Law
Plaintiff's "other insurance" clause, which directs how liability is to be allocated among multiple insurers who are liable on the same risk, is...

JAZZABI v. ALLSATATE INS. CO.

Insurance Law
In a suit over denial of fire insurance coverage, where the insurance company alleges as an affirmative defense that insured was responsible for the...

CHAMBI v. THE REGENTS OF THE UNIV. OF CALIFORNIA

Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Government Law
A self-insured governmental entity is not an "insurer," and its agreement to indemnify employees for claims arising in the course and scope of their...

SAN DIEGO HOUSING COMM'N v. INDUS. INDEM. CO.

Insurance Law
An insurance company's duty to defend was owed solely to the insured, and in the absence of an assignment of a failure to defend claim, a judgment...

OLANDER v. STATE FARM MUT. AUTO. INS. CO.

Contracts, Insurance Law
A termination provision in an agency contract, between an agent and the insurance company, that is silent on cause for termination is ambiguous, and...

HAYNES v. FARMERS INS. EXCH.

Contracts, Insurance Law
An insurance clause, positioned at the end of a forty page policy, which limited the amounts of insurance below the stated policy limits and was...

SCHNEIDER NAT'L TRANSP. v. FORD MOTOR CO.

Insurance Law
An excess coverage policy that continues "as underlying insurance" after the primary policy limits are exhausted does not incorporate the provisions...

YOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASS'N v. ALLSTATE INS. CO.

Insurance Law
Under Canadian and District of Columbia law, the continuous trigger principle applies to occurrence-based insurance policies based on continuous or...