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SHELTER MUT. INS. CO. v. MAPLES

Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Property Law & Real Estate
An action to determine an insurer's duty to pay is remanded for a determination as to whether a covered peril (frozen pipes) or an excluded peril...

VIGORTONE AG PRODS., INC. v. PM AG PRODS., INC.

Commercial Law, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law
A jury verdict finding fraud under Illinois law, based on the sale of a business, is reversed where plaintiff's reliance on defendant's...

DODSON v. J.C. PENNEY CO., INC.

Contracts, Insurance Law
Under Ark. Code Ann. section 23-83-110, decedent's oral cancellation of a life insurance policy did not relieve the insurer of the statutory duty to...

LUCENTE v. INT'L BUS. MACHS. CORP.

Contracts, Labor & Employment Law
Under New York law, the "employee choice doctrine" is applicable to a breach of contract claim, based on 1) employer's willingness to continue to...

FIREMAN'S INS. CO. OF NEWARK v. TODESCA EQUIP. CO., INC.

Contracts, Insurance Law
In a claim by a surety against affiliated construction companies, seeking indemnification for certain payments the surety made on the defendants'...

IMBLER v. PACIFICARE OF CALIFORNIA, INC.

Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law
The Federal Arbitration Act does not preempt Health and Safety Code section 1363.1 by operation of the McCarran-Ferguson Act, and arbitration...

CARTER-SHIELDS v. ALTON HEALTH INST.

Contracts, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
Because the prohibition against the corporate practice of medicine does not apply to a corporate entity which has been sanctioned by the legislature...

HALL CONTRACTING CORP. v. ENTERGY SERV., INC.

Contracts
Plaintiff was entitled to payment of retainage as expiration of all statutory periods of limitations for mechanic's liens and materialmen's liens...

UNITED NAT'L INS. CO. v. SST FITNESS CORP.

Contracts, Insurance Law
Because an insured entered into an implied in fact contract by accepting defense costs subject to a reservation of the right to recoupment if a court...

CONTSHIP CONTAINERLINES, INC. v. HOWARD INDUS., INC.

Contracts
The undisputed facts viewed most favorably to defendant are sufficient to establish the necessary elements of a quasi-contract, in an action based on...