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A Delaware trial court has denied an insurer's motion to dismiss a lawsuit on the basis of a forum selection clause that the insurer added to the insured's policy after she was involved in the accident that was the subject of her suit.
A federal judge in Florida has recused himself from an insurance coverage case, asserting that the insurer's denial of coverage was “immoral and barbaric.”
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit has ruled that an insured's death from autoerotic asphyxiation was an “intentionally self-inflicted injury” within the meaning of accidental death and dismemberment riders to two life insurance policies.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has reversed a district court's decision that a letter demanding payment of promissory notes was a claim asserting wrongful conduct by the insureds.
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An appellate court in Florida has reversed a trial court's decision and ruled that an insurer had not violated the 90-day bar on proposing a settlement to its insureds, which may entitle the insurer to recover its attorneys' fees.
Another appellate panel in Michigan has issued a decision rejecting an insurer's contention that it did not have to pay no-fault benefits to a heath care provider because of an anti-assignment provision in its insurance policy.
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