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Seabright Ins. v. US Airways

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law, Remedies, Transportation
In a dispute involving the scope of an independent contractor's liability under Privette v. Superior Court, judgment of the appeals court vacating...

Howell v. Hamilton Meats and Provisions, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Remedies
In a dispute involving the scope of the collateral source rule, judgment of the appeals court is reversed where a plaintiff may not recover from a...

Villa Los Alamos Homeowners Assn. v. State Farm Gen. Ins. Co.

Contracts, Environmental Law, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a first party property insurance coverage dispute, judgment of the trial court in favor of the defendant is affirmed where: 1) MacKinnon's...

Hartford Fire Ins. Co. v. US

Admiralty, Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Insurance Law, International Trade
In a suretyship case concerning a denial of 28 U.S.C. section 1581(i) relief to challenge plaintiff's liability under a surety contract on the grounds...

Brandt v. American Bankers Ins. Co. of Florida

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Insurance Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a dispute arising from an action for breach of contract and bad faith concerning payment on an insurance policy, judgment of the district court is...

Faber v. Metropolitan Life Ins. Co.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, ERISA, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a class-action complaint alleging breach of ERISA fiduciary duties by defendant's use of certain retained asset accounts through which it retained...

Johnson v. Lucent Technologies Inc.

Civil Procedure, Health Law, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a labor and employment dispute concerning whether 42 U.S.C. Section 1981 retaliation claims are governed by the four-year statute of limitations...

New Jersey Physicians, Inc. v. President of the US

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Health Law, Insurance Law
In a constitutional challenge to the individual mandate provision of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, judgment of the district court...

Illinois Natl. Ins. Co. v. Wyndham Worldwide Operations, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Insurance Law, Transportation
In an action concerning a contract dispute over insurance coverage and arising from a 2008 plane crash, judgment of the district court dismissing...

Sloan & Co. v. Liberty Mut. Ins.Co.

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Construction, Contracts, Insurance Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In an action for breach of contract claiming payment on the balance of a subcontract against a surety bond, judgment of the district court is: 1)...