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Eaton v. Penn-America Ins. Co.

Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In plaintiff's suit against an insurer of a nightclub, arising from injuries caused by the nightclub's bouncer, district court's grant of the...

Kimmel v. W. Reserve Life Ins. Co. of Ohio

Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
In a widow's suit against an insurer, for denying coverage of her claim pursuant to her deceased husband's life insurance benefits under the terms of...

Keller Foundations, Inc. v. Wausau Underwriters Ins. Co.

Contracts, Insurance Law
In defendant's appeal from the district court's judgment holding that plaintiffs were entitled to defense and indemnity under a commercial general...

Ameron Int'l Corp. v. Ins. Co. of the State of Pennsylvania

Administrative Law, Contracts, Government Law, Insurance Law
In plaintiff's suit against defendant-insurers, alleging causes of action for breach of contract, breach of the covenant of good faith and fair...

Kramer v. Phoenix Life Ins. Co.

Contracts, Insurance Law
In response to a certified question from the Second Circuit, the New York Court of Appeals rules that New York law permits a person to procure an...

Schwalm v. Guardian Life Ins. Co. of Am.

Administrative Law, ERISA, Evidence, Health Law, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
District court's dismissal of plaintiff's suit against an insurer's decision to terminate plaintiff's long-term disability benefits for complications...

State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co. v. Patterson

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Insurance Law
In an action for uninsured motorist benefits against the Delaware insurance carrier of the party at fault for a car accident, summary judgment for...

Cumbre, Inc. v. State Comp. Ins. Fund

Contracts, Evidence, Government Contracts, Government Law, Insurance Law, Workers' Compensation
In plaintiff's suit against the State Compensation Insurance Fund (SCIF), for breach of contract, a common law cause of action for violation of fair...

Gamel v. City of Cincinnati

Civil Procedure, Government Law, Health Law, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
In city retirees' putative class action lawsuit against the City of Cincinnati to prevent the city from implementing an ordinance requiring city...

Levine v. Blue Shield of California

Class Actions, Consumer Protection Law, Contracts, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
In an action brought by a husband and wife, on their own behalf and on behalf of a putative class against Blue Shield of California (Blue Shield),...