| 23-1165 |
Raymond H. Pierson, III v. CSAA Insurance Services, Inc., et al. |
California |
2024-05-01 |
Denied |
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civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process duty-to-settle fourteenth-amendment good-faith-dealing insurance insurance-law public-interest standing third-party-liability tort |
Whether injured third parties can directly sue an insurer for breach of the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing, even without obtaining a … |
| 23-6771 |
Wild Chang, et al. v. Farmers Insurance Company, Inc., et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2024-02-16 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-rights contract-rewriting due-process equal-protection insurance insurance-fraud RICO rico-fraud standing statutory-interpretation |
Whether national insurance companies can continue committing the RICO frauds |
| 23-5622 |
Ervie Savage v. Walmart Stores, Inc. |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-09-20 |
Denied |
IFP |
administrative-law civil-rights disability disability-insurance employer-liability employment employment-law insurance sedgwick-claims workers-compensation workplace-injury |
Whether Walmart Stores has the right to decide not to cover an employee injured on the job |
| 22-424 |
The Cordish Companies, Inc. v. Affiliated FM Insurance Company |
Fourth Circuit |
2022-11-07 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
certified-question civil-procedure conflict-of-laws erie-doctrine federalism insurance insurance-coverage judicial-procedure maryland state-law-interpretation west-virginia |
Whether the Fourth Circuit violated the constitutional principles set forth in Erie Railroad Co. v. Tompkins, 304 U.S. 64 (1938), which protect each s… |
| 22-5433 |
Tedd Wilson v. State Farm General Insurance Company |
Eleventh Circuit |
2022-08-23 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
civil-procedure civil-rights district-court due-process insurance insurance-dispute legal-standing procedural-challenge standing summary-judgment takings |
Whether the district court erred in granting summary judgment in favor of the defendant insurance company |
| 21-1376 |
Mary Alexandre v. National Union Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburgh, PA |
First Circuit |
2022-04-25 |
Denied |
|
accidental-death civil-procedure employee-retirement-income-security-act erisa insurance insurance-policy presumption state-of-mind suicide suicide-presumption trial-procedure |
Should the trial court apply presumptions against suicide and in favor of an accident when the insured's state of mind is contested in an ERISA-covere… |
| 21-1358 |
Goodwill Industries of Central Oklahoma, Inc., dba Goodwill Career Pathways Institute v. Philadelphia Indemnity Insurance Company |
Tenth Circuit |
2022-04-18 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
civil-procedure covid-19 covid-related-claims direct-physical-loss erie-doctrine federalism insurance insurance-coverage state-law state-law-interpretation |
Whether federal courts are violating Erie R. Co. v. Tompkins, 304 U.S. 64 (1938), and principles of federalism in uniformly refusing to seek guidance … |
| 21-537 |
Adir International, LLC, et al. v. Starr Indemnity and Liability Company |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-10-13 |
Denied |
Amici (2) |
civil-procedure constitutional-rights due-process fourteenth-amendment insurance insurance-proceeds legal-defense standing state-action state-litigation |
Whether the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment permits a State to prohibit private parties from using untainted funds, such as otherwise l… |
| 20-1374 |
CVS Pharmacy, Inc., et al. v. John Doe, One, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-03-31 |
Granted |
Amici (21)Relisted (2) |
affordable-care-act antidiscrimination-statute civil-rights disability-discrimination disparate-impact health-insurance insurance patient-protection-and-affordable-care-act rehabilitation-act |
Whether section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act and the ACA provide a disparate-impact cause of action for disability discrimination, and whether such c… |
| 20-6784 |
Abdisalan Abulahab Hussein v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2021-01-05 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-rights due-process fraud insurance insurance-claims mail-fraud medical-necessity patient-referral scheme-to-defraud standing wire-fraud |
Whether a defendant can be convicted of mail and wire fraud where the purported victim insurance companies were not deprived of money or property beca… |
| 20-515 |
Philadelphia Indemnity Insurance Company v. Gateway Hospitality Group Inc., et al. |
Montana |
2020-10-20 |
Denied |
|
arbitration-clause civil-procedure due-process fair-play-and-substantial-justice forum-selection fourteenth-amendment insurance insurance-contract personal-jurisdiction |
Whether the nationwide territory of coverage clause in the insurance policy obligated the insurer to submit to personal jurisdiction in a Montana cour… |
| 20-6063 |
Madhu Sameer v. The Right Move 4 U, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-10-19 |
Denied |
IFP |
bill-of-lading cargo-damage conversion fraud harter-act insurance insurance-fraud international-shipping maritime-law multimodal-transport |
Whether the defendants are liable for the full value of the damaged cargo under the Harter Act, given the alleged destruction of the original bill of … |
| 20-6 |
William Burke v. Progressive Gulf Insurance Company |
Fourth Circuit |
2020-07-13 |
Denied |
|
civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process fair-trial insurance insurance-claim legal-manipulation maritime-jurisdiction maritime-law seventh-amendment summary-judgment |
Is an insurance company allowed to manipulate outdated, obsolete maritime laws in order to falsely claim that a vessel is located in navigable waters … |
| 19-7295 |
Robert W. Johnson v. Nationwide Insurance Company, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2020-01-15 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-procedure civil-rights corporate-crimes corporate-policy discrimination driver-records due-process federal-crimes federal-insurance-crimes insurance insurance-claim investigative-misconduct irs-tax-fraud monetary-relief standing |
Did Nationwide Assurance Clemency revoke eligibility of Corporate Policy #658029-GE (020560) for Progressive Corporation? |
| 19-7205 |
Robert W. Johnson v. Progressive Corporation Insurance Company |
Second Circuit |
2020-01-08 |
Denied |
IFP |
accident accident-scene civil-procedure civil-rights due-process insurance investigation standing |
Whether the lower court erred in dismissing the petitioner's claims |
| 19-7111 |
Robert W. Johnson v. Kevin S. Portnoy, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-12-30 |
Denied |
IFP |
administrative-procedure civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection insurance rico standing statutory-interpretation texas-department-of-insurance |
Whether the petitioner was denied due process and equal protection rights under the 14th Amendment in the handling of his insurance claims against the… |
| 19-790 |
Juan A. Martin-de-Nicolas v. AAA Texas County Mutual Insurance Company |
Texas |
2019-12-20 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
automobile-liability-insurance civil-procedure duty-to-settle insurance insurance-duty insurance-law legal-liability liability negligence negligence-standard policyholder-negligence policyholder-rights settlement settlement-obligation third-party-claims |
Do automobile liability insurers have a duty not-to-settle third-party claims, when it becomes reasonably clear that the peril insured against—policyh… |
| 19-558 |
Montville Township Board of Education v. Zurich American Insurance Company |
Third Circuit |
2019-10-29 |
Denied |
|
civil-procedure coverage-evaluation diversity-action duty-to-defend four-corners-rule insurance insurance-coverage new-jersey-law sl-industries state-law third-circuit |
Has the Third Circuit correctly applied the law as set forth in SL Industries, and should this Court now establish a uniform standard of coverage eval… |
| 19-6369 |
Kelly Dutton v. American Bankers Insurance Company |
Pennsylvania |
2019-10-24 |
Denied |
IFP |
bad-faith bad-faith-claim breach-of-contract civil-procedure insurance insurance-contract jurisdiction municipal-court statute-of-limitations summary-judgment |
Does this rule exclude municipal court from statute of limitation? |
| 19-5849 |
Sara Elyas v. Edward Andrew Johnston, et al. |
Michigan |
2019-09-06 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appeals civil-procedure civil-rights due-process insurance jurisdiction standing supreme-court |
Whether the state court erred in dismissing the case against the defendant Auto-Owners Insurance Company |
| 19-77 |
Caring For Montanans, Inc., et al. v. The Depot, Inc., et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-07-16 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
circuit-split conflict-preemption connection-with employee-benefits employer-liability enforcement-remedy enforcement-scheme erisa-preemption express-preemption insurance insurance-misrepresentation misrepresentation plan-terms reference-to state-law-claims |
Does ERISA preempt state-law claims alleging that an insurer's misrepresentations about an ERISA plan's terms induced an employer to create the plan? |
| 18-1588 |
Norma L. Cooke v. Jackson National Life Insurance Company |
Seventh Circuit |
2019-06-27 |
Denied |
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appellate-jurisdiction appellate-review civil-procedure civil-procedure-fees civil-rights district-court-award due-process federal-rules-of-procedure federal-rules-procedure fee-award insurance judicial-bias judicial-discretion litigation-conduct sanctions seventh-circuit state-insurance-law state-law unreasonable-litigation-conduct |
Where the district court awarded fees to Petitioner under state insurance law for Respondent's unreasonable litigation conduct, did the Seventh Circui… |
| 18-1028 |
Moda Health Plan, Inc. v. United States |
Federal Circuit |
2019-02-06 |
Judgment Issued |
Amici (6)Relisted (2) |
appropriations appropriations-riders bait-and-switch federal-circuit government-contracts government-obligation health-care health-exchanges health-insurance insurance statutory-commitment statutory-interpretation statutory-promise takings |
Whether Congress can evade its unambiguous statutory promise to pay health insurers for losses already incurred simply by enacting appropriations ride… |
| 18-7709 |
John B. Laschkewitsch, as Administrator for the Estate of Ben Laschkewitsch v. Lincoln Life and Annuity Distributors, Inc., dba Lincoln Financial Group |
Fourth Circuit |
2019-02-01 |
Dismissed |
Response WaivedIFP |
administrative-law appeals attorneys-fees breach-of-contract civil-rights contract costs diagnostic-disclosure due-process equal-protection insurance insurance-policy policy-contestability producer-agreement standing statutory-interpretation |
Whether the lower court erred in its interpretation and application of the relevant constitutional and statutory provisions governing the issues prese… |
| 18-7241 |
Mary-Ann Bernadette Kerrigan v. QBE Insurance Corporation |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-01-04 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
bad-faith-investigation breach-of-contract civil-rights consumer-protection criminal-activity criminal-damages criminal-law due-process insurance insurance-coverage insurance-investigation insurance-regulations procedural-error property-damage property-rights statute-of-limitations |
Whether QBE insurance improperly denied coverage for insured damages caused by criminal activity |
| 18-828 |
Robert Ghiringhelli, et al. v. The Assurance Group, Inc. |
Sixth Circuit |
2019-01-02 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
breach-of-contract civil-rights contract contract-law federal-preemption insurance insurance-industry insurance-law medicare medicare-regulations separate-accrual-rule statute-of-limitations |
Whether the separate accrual rule should apply to commissions earned by insurance agents and collected monthly by the insurance company, compelling ac… |
| 18-708 |
Robert L. Bertram, Jr., Bryan S. Wood, Robin G. Peavler, James W. Bottom, and Brian C. Walters v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2018-11-30 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
common-sense criminal-intent criminal-procedure due-process duty fraud insurance insurance-fraud materiality sixth-circuit |
Did the court unlawfully affirm convictions on a negligence theory? |
| 18-6460 |
Waddell Bynum v. DeKalb County Sanitation |
Eleventh Circuit |
2018-10-26 |
Dismissed |
IFP |
ada-compliance civil-procedure civil-rights due-process employer-liability employment insurance insurance-reporting pro-se-appeal retaliation sexual-harassment workplace-safety |
Did the company fail to report the incident to the necessary people or proper authorities to contact the appellee regarding the accident or injury? |
| 18-6164 |
John B. Laschkewitsch v. ReliaStar Life Insurance Company |
Fourth Circuit |
2018-10-01 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (3)IFP |
civil-procedure civil-rights claim-limitation contestable-period due-process estoppel federal-rules-of-civil-procedure insurance insurance-contract precedent precedent-review rule-60a statutes-of-limitation |
Whether Hurni, Enelow, Stewart and Pickering precedent from this Court; American Trust Co. and Chavis precedent from the NC Supreme Court; unanimous U… |
| 18-5931 |
John Laschkewitsch v. Legal & General America, Inc., dba Banner Life Insurance Company |
Fourth Circuit |
2018-09-11 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
civil-rights contestability-period contract due-process incontestable-period-violation insurance insurance-authorities insurance-contract insurance-policy-contract manifest-disregard perjury-fraud-on-court policy-interpretation statute-of-limitations statutes-of-limitation unfair-claim-settlement unfair-deceptive-trade-practices unfair-practices unfair-trade-practices |
Whether LGA can rely on a policy never issued or produced |
| 18-24 |
Shannon Hyland v. Liberty Mutual Fire Insurance Company |
Seventh Circuit |
2018-07-03 |
Denied |
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appellate-review breach-of-contract causation civil-procedure duty-to-defend fact-finding insurance insurance-coverage insurance-litigation judgment-vacatur judicial-proceedings summary-judgment uninsured-motorist |
Whether the Court of Appeals so far departed from the accepted and usual course of judicial proceedings when it deliberately removed relevant and unco… |