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State Compensation Insurance Fund v. Workers' Compensation Appeals Board

Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
In a case in which an employee who had been employed less than six months sought workers' compensation benefits for psychiatric injury in addition to...

Matter of Bissell

Attorney's Fees, Insurance Law, Workers' Compensation
In a case in which a successful workers' compensation claimant obtained an award for future medical expenses against a third party, the Appellate...

Global Reinsurance Corp. v. Equitas Ltd.

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Insurance Law
In a suit by a New York branch of a German reinsurance corporation against U.K.-based entities engaged in the business of providing retrocessionary...

California Ass'n for Health Service at Home v. State Dep't of Health Care Services

Civil Procedure, Government Benefits, Health Law, Insurance Law
In a case challenging the Department of Health Care Services review of Medi-Cal reimbursement rates paid to providers of home health agency services,...

Macey v. Carolina Casualty Insurance Co.

Contracts, Corp. Governance, Insurance Law
In a management liability insurance policy coverage dispute, the district court's grant of summary judgment to the insurer is vacated and the case...

People v. International Fidelity Insurance Co.

Contracts, Criminal Law & Procedure, Insurance Law
In an action by a surety on a bail bond to have forfeiture discharged and the bond exonerated, the district court's order denying a motion to vacate...

R & R Sails, Inc. v. Insurance Company of the State of Pennsylvania

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Insurance Law, Sanctions
In a suit that included a claim of tortious bad faith denial of an insurance claim, the district court's judgment in favor of the insurer on that...

Markel American Insurance Co. v. Diaz-Santiago

Admiralty, Attorney's Fees, Banking Law, Civil Procedure, Insurance Law
In litigation between the owner of a ship and the ship's mortgagor in which the mortgagor sought an award of attorney's fees, costs, and expenses...

Vicor Corp. v. Vigilant Insurance Co.

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Insurance Law
On cross-appeals of a power converter manufacturer's suit against its insurers and an excess carrier, seeking indemnification for funds it paid to a...

Walker v. Ticor Title Company of California

Attorney's Fees, Banking Law, Insurance Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a suit that included claims against a title insurance company for breach of contract and breach of fiduciary duty stemming from a mortgage broker's...