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Peterson v. County of Dakota

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Contracts, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 and state law action brought by a county employee after she was terminated for falsifying a time record and making...

Admin. Comm. of the Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. Assocs.' Health & Welfare Plan v. Gamboa

Contracts, ERISA, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an ERISA action brought by a family injured in a drunk driving accident, summary judgment for defendants, refusing to enforce a reimbursement...

DaimlerChrysler Corp. v. Delaware Dep't of Ins.

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Contracts, Government Law, Insurance Law
In a matter arising from an application with the Insurance Commissioner to acquire an insurer and affiliated insurers, an application for...

Guilbert v. Gardner

Civil Procedure, Contracts, ERISA, Labor & Employment Law
Principal holding of summary judgment for defendants is vacated in part as to plaintiff's breach of contract claim to the extent that claim...

Hill v. Allstate Ins. Co.

Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
Orders denying conservator's request to reform an automobile insurance contract to provide additional personal injury protection benefits (PIP) for...

Padhiar v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co.

Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
In an action brought by insured seeking reformation of an automobile insurance contract, summary judgment for the insurer is affirmed where 1) as a...

Resolution Performance Products, LLC v. Paper Allied Indus. Chemical & Energy Workers Int'l Union

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Labor & Employment Law, Oil and Gas Law
In a labor dispute involving the purchaser of Shell Oil Company and its decision to use only subcontractors, as opposed to union members, for...

McAninch v. Wintermute

Banking Law, Civil Procedure, Contracts, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Securities Law
In a breach of contract action brought by former bank directors against their insurer, an insurer may not avoid its duty to indemnify under a D&O...

Qwest Corp. v. Pub. Utils. Comm'n of the State of Colorado

Administrative Law, Communications Law, Contracts, Government Law, Public Utilities
Denial of declaratory and injunctive relief for Qwest, an incumbent local exchange carrier, is affirmed where state commissions properly determined...

Progressive W. Ins. Co. v. Preciado

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Commercial Law, Contracts, Insurance Law
In a breach of contract action brought by insurer against insured wherein insured cross-claimed "on behalf of the general public" alleging unfair...