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23-1165 Raymond H. Pierson, III v. CSAA Insurance Services, Inc., et al. California 2024-05-01 Denied 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 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 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…