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Minkler v. Safeco Ins. Co. of Am.

Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
In a dispute over a homeowner's insurance coverage, arising from plaintiff's suit against a mother and her son for being sexually molested by the son...

Hervey v. Mercury Cas. Co.

Class Actions, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
In plaintiff's suit against her automobile insurance carrier, alleging that the insurer breached the policy by offsetting uninsured motorist payments...

Weinstein v. Islamic Repub. of Iran

Banking Law, Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Insurance Law, International Law, Judgement Enforcement
In proceedings involving efforts to collect on a default judgment against Iran and in favor of the family of an individual severely injured in a 1996...

State Farm Lloyds v. Page

Contracts, Insurance Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a homeowner's suit against her insurer, the judgment of the court of appeals is affirmed in part, reversed in part, and remanded as, when a...

Legacy Vulcan Corp. v. Superior Court

Contracts, Insurance Law
In an insured's petition for a writ of mandate challenging a pretrial order that decided three stipulated legal questions concerning the scope of the...

People v. Indiana Lumbermens Mut. Ins. Co.

Asset Forfeiture, Criminal Law & Procedure, Insurance Law
In a motion to set aside a forfeiture and exonerate a bond, court of appeals' reversal of trial court's denial is reversed as a motion for relief from...

Lagstein v. Certain Underwriters at Lloyd's

Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Health Law, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
In plaintiff's appeal from the district court's court vacating an arbitral award on the ground of its excessive size and vacating a punitive damages...

Specialty Surfaces Int'l, Inc. v. Cont'l Cas. Co.

Construction, Contracts, Insurance Law
In plaintiffs' action against its insurer, seeking declaratory relief that the insurer had a duty to defend and indemnify plaintiffs in an underlying...

FDIC v. Great Am. Ins. Co.

Banking Law, Contracts, Government Law, Insurance Law
In an action for breach of an insurance contract, summary judgment for defendant is affirmed where the district court erred in ruling that the...

Nat'l Union Fire Ins. Co. v. VP Bldg., Inc.

Bankruptcy Law, Insurance Law, Workers' Compensation
In Chapter 11 proceedings, district court's affirmance of the bankruptcy court's decision disallowing an insurer's petition for administrative...