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ROBERTS v ENERGY DEV. CORP.

Civil Procedure, Insurance Law
In an insurance indemnity action involving conflicts of law between several states, the court must determine the state whose policies would be most...

FUNERAL FIN. SYS. v. US

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Insurance Law
Assignment of a World War II veteran's life insurance benefits to deceased veteran's funeral parlor violates 38 USC 1918(a) and 5301, as well as the...

MG TRANSP. SERV., INC. v. WATER QUALITY INS. SYNDICATE

Environmental Law, Insurance Law
Claims under the False Claims Act did not obligate insurance coverage either under the parties' insurance policy or under Ohio law, where coal...

HARTFORD FIRE INS. CO. v. RHODE ISLAND PUB. TRANSIT AUTH.

Civil Procedure, Insurance Law
Where there was no basis for applying the collateral estoppel rule, the district court abused its discretion in declining to entertain a declaratory...

ATHEY v. FARMERS INS. EXCH.

Civil Procedure, Evidence, Insurance Law
Evidence that an insurer tried to condition settlement of breach of contract claim on release of bad faith claims is admissible under South Dakota law...

MILES LUMBER CO. v. CNA FINANCIAL CORP.

Civil Procedure, Insurance Law
District court lacks authority to abstain from exercising jurisdiction over claims stemming from commercial general liability insurance policy for...

ANDY INC. v. HARTFORD INS. CO.

Insurance Law
While insurance company did not specifically concede that the business-interruption losses plaintiff suffered would be covered in excess of the...

ADAMS v. AMERICAN GUARANTEE AND LIABILITY INSURANCE CO.

Evidence, Insurance Law
Insured statement that he thought he had coverage while trying to negotiate a policy renewal is not sufficient to establish that he actually had...

STATE AUTO INS. CO. v. SUMMY

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
Under the Declaratory Judgment Act, the District Court should have declined jurisdiction in declaratory judgment action in insurance coverage case...

LEVIN v. INTERNCONTINENTAL CASUALTY INS. CO.

Civil Procedure, Insurance Law
An unauthorized foreign or alien insurance carrier's pre-answer motion to dismiss constitutes a "pleading" within the meaning of Insurance Law 1213(c)...