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SHAPS v. PROVIDENT LIFE & ACCIDENT INS. CO.

Contracts, Health Law, Insurance Law
In an action alleging that insurers breached a disability insurance contract, the district court erred in placing the burden of proof on the insured...

BELLSOUTH TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC. v. MCIMETRO ACCESS TRANSMISSION SERVS., INC.

Communications Law, Contracts, Public Utilities
The Georgia State Public Commission had no statutory authority to interpret interconnection agreements between telecommunications carriers, which were...

OLANDER v. STATE FARM MUT. AUTO. INS. CO.

Contracts, Insurance Law
An insurance agent agreement was unambiguously terminable at will as a matter of North Dakota law, and the district did not err in declining to...

VENCOR, INC. v. STANDARD LIFE & ACCIDENT INS. CO.

Contracts, Government Benefits, Health Law, Insurance Law
The district court did not err in determining that the provisions of life insurance policies at issue were not ambiguous under Tennessee law, and that...

MARRIAGE OF BELLIO

Contracts, Family Law
A premarital agreement requiring payment by a husband to his wife upon divorce was enforceable, as the payment provision made it economically feasible...

TOWER ACTION HOLDINGS, LLC v. LOS ANGELES COUNTY WATERWORKS DIST. NO. 37

Contracts, Evidence, Government Contracts, Property Law & Real Estate, Public Utilities
The Public Contract Code prescribed the terms of repayment of the funds used to build a water system. Evidence related to parties' attempts to reach a...

ROBERTS v. LOS ANGELES COUNTY BAR ASS'N

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Elections, Injury & Tort Law
The anti-SLAPP statute applies to plaintiff's complaint for breach of contract and fraud arising from defendant's from rating of plaintiff as "not...

ZOLEZZI v. PACIFICARE OF CALIFORNIA

Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Government Benefits, Health Law
The federal Medicare Act does not preempt application of Health and Safety Code section 1363.1 under the circumstances, and a medical health care...

HERSHEY v. DONALDSON, LUFKIN & JENRETTE SECS. CORP.

Contracts, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Injury & Tort Law, Securities Law
Claims of breach of fiduciary duty under Ohio law arising from the sale of a corporation are rejected where 1) facts cannot support an assertion of...

HIM PORTLAND, LLC v. DEVITO BUILDERS, INC.

Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
A party to an arbitration agreement that is subject to conditions precedent cannot, without satisfying those conditions, compel arbitration under the...