In Principal Life Ins. Co. v. DeRose, the insurer filed a declaratory judgment seeking a declaration that its obligations under insurance policies issued on the life…
Year: 2009
The insurer argued that the insured’s claim for breach of the covenant of utmost fair dealing, should be dismissed for failure to state a claim…
This case involved a putative class action against an insurer for bad faith, among other things. The court denied class action status as the typicality and…
In Smith v. Life Investors Ins. Co. of Am., the plaintiff in a class action suit filed a motion to compel discovery pursuant to Fed. R.…
In NIA Learning Ctr., Inc. v. Empire Fire & Marine Ins. Cos., the insured was involved in a car accident with Kim Stewart. As a…
In Smith v. Continental Casualty Company, the assignees hired an agent of an insurance broker-dealer to perform financial planning services. The agent allegedly recommended investments…
The insured had a commercial building insurance policy on a three-story property. The insured notified its insurer that a drain line from the roof had…
The insured’s facility was flooded causing damage to its building, materials and inventory. At the time of the flood, the insured had two insurance policies…
The court was asked to remand a case where there were damages pleaded in excess of $30,000, and where attorneys’ fees and punitives were sought…
In Detwiler v. Valero Marketing and Supply Company, one party was to make the other an additional insured on a policy. It did so, but…