(California Court of Appeal) – In a taxpayer’s mandamus action to determine whether Blue Shield of California and Anthem Blue Cross are “insurers” under the California Constitution’s gross premium tax provision, Cal. Const., art. XIII sections 28(b)-(d), the trial court’s sustainment of defendants’ demurrer without…
(United States Second Circuit) – In a case concerning the tremendous property damage cause by the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, brought by the lessees of 1, 2, 4, 5 and 7 World Trade Center against airline and security defendants, the district court’s judgment…
(California Court of Appeal) – In a bail bond forfeiture case, the trial court’s order granting defendant’s motion to vacate the forfeiture of the bail bond is affirmed where writing the date of the hearing on the bond does not mean that defendant is “lawfully…
(United States Third Circuit) – In an action for unpaid insurance benefits brought under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), 29 U.S.C. section 1001 et seq., the district court’s dismissal for lack of standing under ERISA is reversed where a patient’s explicit…
(California Court of Appeal) – In a petition for writ of mandate by an insurer involved in underlying litigation for personal injury and wrongful death, the trial court’s denial of petitioner’s motion for summary judgment is reversed and the petition is granted where plaintiff’s efforts…
(California Court of Appeal) – In a writ of mandate under Code of Civil Procedure section 1085 to required respondents’ compliance with their duties in administering certain aspects of the Medi-Cal program related to defendant’s database with codes that indicate whether a Medi-Cal beneficiary has…
