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Pennsylvania Gen. Ins. Co. v. Am. Safety Indem. Co.

Construction, Contracts, Insurance Law
In a suit for equitable contribution for a portion of the defense and indemnity costs paid by the plaintiff-insurer in the underlying construction...

Cahill v. Am. Fam. Mut. Ins. Co.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Insurance Law
In an action against an insurer asserting state-law causes of action arising out of defendant's alleged failure to comply with Colorado insurance law,...

Progressive Ins. Co. v. McDonough

Contracts, Criminal Law & Procedure, Insurance Law
In an action against an insurance company for policy proceeds arising out of a car accident, summary judgment for defendant is affirmed where the...

Kenseth v. Dean Health Plan, Inc.

Health Law, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law, Contracts, ERISA
In plaintiff's suit against her HMO pursuant to ERISA, arising from the denial of coverage for a surgical procedure to resolve the severe acid reflux...

Lincoln Nat'l Life Ins., Co. v. Bezich

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Contracts, Insurance Law, Securities Law
A petition for permission to appeal, arising from the district court's remand of plaintiff's class action lawsuit against an insurer for breach of...

Durakovic v. Bldg. Serv. 32 BJ Pension Fund

ERISA, Health Law, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an ERISA challenge to a union disability-benefits denial, dismissal of the complaint is reversed where: 1) a fund organized pursuant to 29 U.S.C....

Insurance Co. of N. Am. v. Pub. Serv. Mut. Ins. Co.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Insurance Law
In an appeal from the district court's order granting respondent's Fed. R. Civ. P. 60(b)(2) motion based on newly discovered evidence that an...

Lincoln Nat'l Life Ins., Co. v. Transamerica Life Ins., Co.

Insurance Law, Intellectual Property, Patent
In a suit for patent infringement, related to computerized methods for administering variable annuity plans, district court's denial of defendants'...

RLI Ins. Co. v. All Star Transp., Inc.

Bankruptcy Law, Contracts, Insurance Law, Transportation
In an interpleader action by an insurance company to determine its obligations to pay truckers hired by its bankrupt insured under a surety bond,...

Med. Assurance Co., Inc. v. Hellman

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Professional Malpractice
District court's order issuing a stay of federal proceedings in an insurer's request for declaratory judgment, claiming that it no longer has a duty...