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Behnke v. State Farm Ins. Company

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Contracts, Insurance Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In an action against a residential property insurer for breach of contract, insurance bad faith, and fraud, judgment of the trial court is affirmed...

Firemen's Fund Ins. Company v. Superior Court (Front Gate Plaza, LLC)

Civil Procedure, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Evidence, Insurance Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a petition for a writ of mandate vacating the trial court‘s order compelling an attorney, who was a member of a law firm that formerly represented...

Barclays Bank PLC v. MBIA Inc.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Government Law, Insurance Law
In an insurance dispute involving whether a restructuring of defendant and its related subsidiaries and affiliates authorized by the Superintendent of...

Tyco Healthcare Group LP v. Mutual Pharmaceutical Co., Inc.

Civil Procedure, Insurance Law, Patent
In a patent dispute arising from the invalidation of two temazepam patent claims, judgment of the district court is affirmed where claims fail for...

Hughes v. Progressive Direct Ins. Co.

Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Government Law, Insurance Law
In a dispute involving whether Moradi-Shalal v. Fireman's Fund Insurance Companies (1988) 46 Cal.3d 287 bars a private cause of action under...

Viera v. Life Insurance Company of North America

Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Civil Procedure
In an ERISA dispute arising from defendant's denial of a claim for benefits under an employer provided accidental death and dismemberment policy,...

Cragg v. Allstate Indemnity Corporation

Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Agriculture
In a dispute involving the proper interpretation of an exclusion provision in a homeowner's insurance policy excluding coverage for bodily injury to...

Kaiser Cement and Gypsum Corp. v. Ins. Co. of State of PA

Class Actions, Contracts, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Remedies, Civil Procedure
In an insurance dispute involving how to apportion liability among insurers in continuing injury cases and arising from a first-level excess insurance...

Investors Equity Life Holding Company v. Schmidt

Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Contracts, Insurance Law
In a dispute arising from several repurchase and hedging transactions, judgment of the trial court is affirmed where court properly stayed action on...

Meyer v. CUNA Mutual Insurance Society

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Contracts, Insurance Law
In a class-action dispute involving the proper interpretation of a credit disability insurance policy, judgment of the district court is affirmed in...