Cases

495 F.3d 232 (2007) Daryl CHAUVIN, Plaintiff, v. STATE FARM FIRE & CASUALTY CO., Defendant. Caritha Williams, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated; Plaintiff-Appellant, v. State Farm Fire & Casualty Co., Defendant-Appellee.*233 Doris L. Huntley, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated; Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Allstate Indemnity Company,

AFFIRM; and Opinion Filed November 5, 2015. Court of Appeals S In The Fifth District of Texas at Dallas No. 05-14-00892-CV BARBARA PINKUS, Appellant V. HARTFORD CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY, Appell

PUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, Plaintiff, v. BETTY T. PETTIT, No. 97-2244 Defendant-Appellant, v. PATRICIA B. PETTIT, Defendant-Appellee. METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, Plaintiff, v. PATRICIA B. PETTIT, No. 97-2407 Defendant-Appellant, v. BETTY T. PETTIT, Defendant-Appellee. Appeals from the United States District Court for the Eastern

SALMON, Judge. This case began on May 22, 1990, when Margaret C. Streett filed suit in the Circuit Court for Prince George’s County against Blue Bird Cab Company, Inc. (“Blue Bird”) and Juliette Lamont. Ms. Streett alleged that she had been injured while a passenger in a Blue Bird taxicab driven by Ms. Lamont on August 4, 1989. Blue Bird requested that its insurance carrier, Amalgamated Casualty Insurance Company (“Amalgamate

68 Md. App. 20 (1986) 509 A.2d 1217 WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN AREA TRANSIT AUTHORITY v. JACKSON BULLOCK, ET AL. No. 1281, September Term, 1985. Court of Special Appeals of Maryland. June 6, 1986. Kevin J. McCarthy (Charles E. Gallagher, Jr. and O'Malley, Miles, McCarthy & Harrell, on brief), Upper Marlboro, for appellant. Barry J. Da

Mahoney, P. J. Appeal (transferred to this court by order of the Appellate Division, Second Department) from an order of the Supreme Court (Jiudice, J.), entered March 29, 1990 in Dutchess County, which, inter alia, denied petitioner’s application pursuant to CPLR 7503 to stay arbitration between the parties. On August 13, 1985, 10-year-old Robert Pisanelli was struck by a 1979 Dodge Ram Charger owned a

87 Md. App. 261 (1991) 589 A.2d 556 NATIONWIDE MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY, ET AL. v. CONTINENTAL CASUALTY COMPANY, ET AL. No. 1020, September Term, 1990. Court of Special Appeals of Maryland. May 8, 1991. Mary S. Akerley (Sasscer, Clagett, Channing & Bucher, on the brief), Upper Marlboro, for appellant Nationwide Mut. Ins. Eugene J.

EDITH H. JONES, Chief Judge: In this interlocutory appeal, the Defendants — over 200 insurance companies— challenge approximately 151,000 homeowner’s insurance claims brought by the State of Louisiana based upon policyholders’ purported assignments of policy rights to the State. Because no controlling Louisiana Supreme Court precedent has determined whether an insurance contract’s anti-assignment clause prohibits post-lo

EDITH H. JONES, Chief Judge: In this interlocutory appeal, over 200 insurance companies challenge approximately 151,000 homeowners’ insurance claims based upon policyholders’ purported *706assignments of policy rights to the State. Previously, we determined that no controlling Louisiana Supreme Court precedent had determined whether an insurance contract’s anti-assign

HAMILTON, Circuit Judge. This appeal illustrates a recurring issue for liability insurers and their insureds: how to determine whether the insurer owes a duty to defend its insured when a claim is first asserted against the insured, before the insurer knows the underlying facts. The insured here was Chicago Abstract Title Agency LLC, which was in the title and escrow services business. In 2008, Chicago Abstract was sued in sta

164 F.3d 857 22 Employee Benefits Cas. 2207 METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, Plaintiff,v.Betty T. PETTIT, Defendant-Appellant,v.Patricia B. Pettit, Defendant-Appellee.Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, Plaintiff,v.Patricia B. Pettit, Defendant-Appellant,v.Betty T. Pettit, Defendant-Appellee. Nos. 97-2244, 97-2407. United States

981 S.W.2d 495 (1998) FIRST GENERAL REALTY CORPORATION, et al., Appellants, v. MARYLAND CASUALTY COMPANY, et al., Appellees. No. 03-97-00580-CV. Court of Appeals of Texas, Austin. November 30, 1998. *496 Ronald D. Wren, Bedford, for Appellants. Barry Bishop, Clark, Thomas & Winters, Austin, for Appellees. Before

WOODWARD, J. On December 10, 2007, Agency Insurance Company, appellant, sought a declaratory judgment in the Circuit Court for Baltimore County against State Farm Insurance Company (“State Farm”) and Allstate Insurance Company (“Allstate”), appellees, in order to determine the respective contractual responsibilities of the parties to provide insurance coverage arising from an automobile accident. After a one day bench trial, t

Opinion MANELLA, J. Appellant William A. Davis brought suit against respondents Farmers Insurance Exchange, Truck Insurance Exchange, Fire Insurance Exchange, Mid-Century Insurance Company and Farmers New World Life Insurance Company (collectively, Farmers), contending that as a district manager for Farmers he had been wrongfully classified as an independent

Boyle, J. i This is an interlocutory appeal by the defendant from the trial court’s denial of its motion for summary judgment pursuant to GCR 1963, 117.2(3),1 alleging that there is no genuine issue of material fact and that aaa is therefore entitled to judgment as a matter of law.2 The motion was filed

699 F.Supp.2d 439 (2010) MIDDLESEX INSURANCE COMPANY, Plaintiff, v. David MARA, Alton Parks, Individually and as Guardian for Jakob Parks and Emmantha Parks, minors, Celese Parks, and Elouise Wrobel, Defendants. No. 3:08-CV-490 (CSH). United States District Court, D. Connecticut. March 29, 2010. *441 Brian Joseph Palmeri, Winget

ACCEPTED 01-14-00906-CV FIRST COURT OF APPEALS HOUSTON, TEXAS 4/20/2015 7:28:25 PM

Sosman, J. The plaintiff, John F. Otis, III, has appealed from a decision of the Superior Court, which granted summary judg*635ment in favor of all defendants on the ground that Otis’s claims against them were barred by the doctrine of judicial estoppel. The facts and theories on which Otis’s present claims are based are the precise opposite of the facts and theories that

OPINION Opinion by Justice FILLMORE. Appellants Alexander R. Davis and Rebecca Davis appeal the trial court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of appellee Texas Mutual Insurance Company. In a single issue, appellants assert Ronald Davis was in the course and scope of his employment when he sustained an injury that resulted in his death and, therefore, ap

578 F.Supp.2d 888 (2008) AMERISURE MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY, Plaintiff, v. CAREY TRANSPORTATION, INC., a Florida corporation, and Great West Casualty Co., as subrogee of February Fourteen, Inc., Defendants. Carey Transportation, Inc., Counterclaim-Plaintiff, v. Amerisure Mutual Insurance Company, Counterclaim-Defendant. Carey Transportation, Inc., Third-Party Plaintiff, v. Adriatic Insurance Company, Third-Party Defendant.