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Avritt v. ReliaStar Life Ins. Co.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Insurance Law
In plaintiffs' appeal from the district court’s order denying class certification for a group of California residents who purchased fixed deferred...

Beckon, Inc. v. AMCO Ins. Co.

Contracts, Insurance Law
In an insurance coverage dispute over the validity of an insurance policy defendant issued to plaintiff: 1) defendant was not entitled to have the...

Howard v. Am. Nat'l Fire Ins. Co.

Attorney's Fees, Contracts, Criminal Law & Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Remedies, Tax-exempt Organizations
In plaintiff's suit against insurers to recover on a judgment arising from an underlying case against a Catholic Bishop that retained a priest in his...

In re: Aetna, Inc. Sec. Litig.

Class Actions, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Insurance Law, Securities Law
In plaintiff shareholders' securities fraud class action suit against Aetna, Inc., claiming that defendants misled investors about Aetna's pricing of...

Underwriter's at Lloyd's v. Osting-Schwinn

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
In a negligence action by Lloyd's syndicates against a policyholder, summary judgment for plaintiff is reversed where the syndicates, as...

Khoury v. Group Health Plan, Inc.

ERISA, Health Law, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action disputing defendant-insurer's award of residual disability benefits to which plaintiff was entitled, summary judgment for defendant is...

Clark v. Superior Court

Commercial Law, Consumer Protection Law, Elder Law, Insurance Law, Remedies
In senior citizens' suit against an insurance company, claiming deceptive business practices relating to the purchase and sale of annuity contracts,...

Jones v. ReliaStar Life Ins. Co.

Civil Procedure, ERISA, Health Law, Insurance Law
In an action claiming that defendant insurer began offsetting the disability benefits plaintiff received under an ERISA plan by the amount of...

Stewart Enters., Inc. v. RSUI Indemn. Co.

Commercial Law, Contracts, Insurance Law
In an action by an owner of cemeteries, funeral homes and other commercial properties throughout New Orleans against its excess insurer to recover for...

Mid-Continent Cas. Co. v. Bay Rock Operating Co.

Commercial Law, Contracts, Insurance Law, Oil and Gas Law
In an action by an insurer seeking a declaration that damages awarded against defendant in an underlying suit arising out of an oil well accident were...