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Gen. Refractories Co. v. First State Ins. Co.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Product Liability
In a dispute over coverage arising from asbestos-related claims, dismissal of plaintiff's declaratory judgment breach of contract action against...

Farm Bureau Mut. Ins. Co. v. Wilcox

Contracts, Insurance Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a coverage dispute over certain property damage, summary judgment for insurer based on a finding that the property was vacant and unoccupied for...

Yaffe Cos., Inc. v. Great Am. Ins. Co., Inc.

Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
In an appeal arising out of a claim under a commercial umbrella insurance policy resulting from an explosion at plaintiff's scrapyard, summary...

Freeman v. Schack

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Contracts, Professional Malpractice
In case involving breach of contract, professional negligence and breach of fiduciary duty claims, grant of special motion to strike complaint under...

Essex Ins. Co. v. City of Bakersfield

Contracts, Insurance Law
In coverage dispute arising from underlying lawsuit involving a car accident, judgment for plaintiff-insurer that it did not owe defendant city a duty...

Catholic Mut. Relief Soc'y v. Superior Court of L.A. County (Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Diego)

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Tax-exempt Organizations
Code of Civil Procedure section 2017.210, the statutory provision authorizing limited discovery of a defendant's insurance coverage information, does...

Intri-Plex Techs., Inc. v. Crest Group

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Product Liability
In a suit brought by a manufacturer of certain computer disk drive components against defendant-cleaning equipment manufacturer arising from defective...

Penncro Assocs., Inc. v. Sprint Spectrum, L.P.

Commercial Law, Communications Law, Contracts, Remedies
In a dispute arising from Sprint's breach of contract with its former bill collector, a judgment awarding the collector in excess of $17 million is...

Reid v. Geico Gen. Ins. Co.

Contracts, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
In an action seeking reformation of an automobile insurance contract, summary judgment in favor of defendant-insurer is affirmed where reformation was...

Elledge v. Friberg-Cooper Water Supply Corp.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Public Utilities, Water Law
Unjust enrichment claims are governed by the two-year statute of limitations in section 16.003 of the Civil Practice and Remedies Code.