Law Commons^™

Insurance, Maximilian A. Pock

Mercer Law Review

In order to provide desirable continuity and to facilitate cross-referencing this survey will generally conform to the overall organization of past surveys and use identical categories and chapter headings. Where certiorari has been denied or applied for but not disposed of during the survey period, this will be so indicated in the footnotes.

Regulation Through The Looking Glass: Hospitals, Blue Cross, And Certificate-Of-Need, Sallyanne Payton, Rhoda M. Powsner

Michigan Law Review

A clear focus on the commitment of the public health and hospital establishments to the large teaching hospital and their belief in rationalizing the health care system through community-based planning allows us to understand the ideas and institutions that have produced our present system of hospital regulation. It can also help us to understand the structure and behavior of the hospital industry and can illuminate current controversies over health care policy.

What follows is a narrative account of the development of regional planning and certificate-of-need legislation. As part of that story, we trace the evolution of the Blue Cross, explain …

Third Party Remedy Of Insured's Loss Constitutes Defense In Mitigation Of The Loss In Suit By Insured Against Insurer., Mark B. Taylor

St. Mary's Law Journal

Abstract Forthcoming.

Washington's Underinsured Motorist Statute: Balancing The Interests Of Insurers And Insureds, Bertha Baranko Fitzer

Washington Law Review

This comment will distinguish the uninsured/underinsured motorist problem and coverages, and will outline the 1980 amendment to Washington's uninsured motorist statute. The comment will then discuss some areas of the law likely to cause controversy and suggest resolutions to these issues. The proposed resolutions follow the approach taken by the legislature, balancing the conflicting interests of insureds and insurers.

Advertising The Economics Of High Jury Awards: The Insurance Industry's Bid For Prospective Jurors To Tighten Their Purse Strings

Washington and Lee Law Review

No abstract provided.

Insurer Intervention In Uninsured Motorist Cases, Alan W. Becker

Indiana Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Credit Life And Disability Insurance Disclosures Under Truth-In-Lending: The Triumph Of Form Over Substance, John M. Sheffey

Florida State University Law Review

No abstract provided.

Black Lung Benefit Trusts As A Federal Self-Insurance Alternative, Peter M. Kelly

West Virginia Law Review

Since the enactment of the Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act1 (FCMHSA) in late 1969, occupational pneumoconiosis, "black lung disease," has been compensable under federal law. These federal black lung benefits are coordinated with state workmen's compensation or occupational disease laws to provide death or disability benefits for coal miners suffering from the disease. Black lung benefits are provided at federal cost under Part B of Title IV of the FCMHSA with respect to claims which arose before July 1, 1973 (Part B benefits)." Benefits are payable directly or indirectly by coal mine operators under Part C of Title …

The Survivors' 25-Year Presumption Under The Black Lung Benefits Reform Act Of 1977: A Case For Its Unconstitutionality, David J. Millstone, Maria J. Codnach

West Virginia Law Review

Title IV of the Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act of 1969 [the Black Lung Act], as amended by the Black Lung Benefits Reform Act of 1977 establishes, inter alia, a new presumption intended to substantially assist widows and other dependent survivors of coal miners in gaining benefits for disability caused by coal workers' pneumoconiosis (more commonly known as black lung disease). Survivors of coal miners who died before March 1, 1978, with twenty-five or more years of coal mine employment accrued prior to July 1, 1971, are presumed to be entitled to benefits unless it is established that, …

Negotiation And Settlement: An Insurer's View Of Comparative Negligence, John L. Hunt

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.

A Reasonable Approach To The Doctrine Of Reasonable Expectations As Applied To Insurance Contracts, Karen K. Shinevar

University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform

Part I of this article examines standard insurance contract analysis and the existing confusion within that analysis. Part II examines the doctrine of reasonable expectations. In Part Ill, Professor Keeton's expansion of the reasonable expectations doctrine is explained and analyzed. This article concludes in Part IV that Keeton's expanded doctrine has the effect of confusing most courts, which continue to discuss reasonable expectations in relation to conventional rules of contract construction. The article proposes that the reasonable expectations doctrine be limited to contractual language and surrounding circumstances in order to establish clearer guidelines for insurers and consumers.

Indiana's Allowance Of Punitive Damages In Contract Actions Against Insurance Companies: How New Is It?, Susan Marguet

Indiana Law Journal

No abstract provided.

A Model First-Party Insurance Excess-Liability Act, Eric M. Holmes

Scholarly Works

The purpose of this article is to study the various statutes concerning first-party, excess-liability in an effort to compose a model act. The primary issues affecting this problem are two-fold: First, what type of extra-contract damages should be available (e.g., attorney fees, litigation expenses, consequential losses, emotional distress, punitive damages); and second, should these extra-contract damages be based on an equitable standard of good-faith conduct (fault) or on strict liability principles (no fault)? These are crucial questions as the division between contract and tort becomes ever more blurred in modern law.

Tort Of Insurer's Bad Faith Refusal To Pay First-Party Claims, Linda Gay

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.

The Art Of Decoupling: Keeping Social Security's Promise Up-To-Date, Peter W. Martin

Cornell Law Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Noninsured Death Benefits For Employees - An Unintended Fringe Benefit Of The Goldsmith Case, Marcus D. Grayck

Loyola University Chicago Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Insurers' Liability For Excess Judgments In In Virginia: Negligence Or Bad Faith?, Barbara A. Dalvano

University of Richmond Law Review

Liability insurers have become increasingly concerned over the possibility that they may be responsible for satisfying excess judgments. This concern is justified. In Crisci v. Security Insurance Co., the California Supreme Court generated new developments in insurance law by predicating an insurer's liability for failing to settle claims against its insured upon a finding of mere negligence. Traditionally, an insurer was held liable for an excess judgment only if the insured was able to bear the burden of showing that the company acted in "bad faith" in failing to settle a claim. Virginia adopts this traditional view.

Civil Procedure - Quasi In Rem Jurisdiction - Assertion Of Quasi In Rem Jurisdiction Under Rule Of Seider V. Roth Held Violative Of Due Process Clause, Richard Goldstein

Villanova Law Review

No abstract provided.

Insurance - Suit Limitation Clause - An Insurer's Bad Faith Accusation Of Criminal Conduct By The Insured, Or An Accusation Which Is The Result Of A Negligent Investigation, Can Toll The Suit Limitation Clause, Kathleen Seybold Turezyn

Villanova Law Review

No abstract provided.

Civil Actions - Voir Dire - Insurance - Effect Of Insurance Company Advertising, Anna E. Dolak

Duquesne Law Review

The Supreme Court of Montana has held that an attorney may ask prospective jurors on voir dire if they have been exposed to insurance company advertisements that correlate high jury verdicts in personal injury cases with increased premiums for all insured.

Borkoski v. Yost, 594 P.2d 688 (Mont. 1979).

Washington Title Insurers' Duty To Search And Disclose, Susan M. Stanley

Seattle University Law Review

This comment explores possible non-statutory sources of a title insurer's duty to search and disclose. After reviewing the historical background of title insurance and comparing it with other title assurance methods, this comment examines Washington case law, where the supreme court has failed to impose the duty. It then considers the need to impose and examines the theoretical bases of such a duty to search and disclose: whether it should lie in tort or in contract. Finally, this comment concludes that Washington courts should allow home buyers to sue title insurers for negligence in failing to reasonably search and disclose.

The Troublesome Workings Of The Judgments Convention Of The European Economic Community, Errol P. Mendes

Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law

The problems involved in the jurisdiction by consent provisions in article seventeen and the special rules for insurance claims in articles seven through fifteen have to some extent been dealt with by the provisions of the Judgments Accession Convention as have the problems arising under the hire purchase and credit sale transactions. Nevertheless, a comprehensive definition of the term "consumer sale" is needed from the European Court.

There can be little doubt that both lawyers and litigants who are affected by the Convention, would prefer to operate under the conflict of laws rules of their own nations which, although complex, …

A Multi-Disciplinary Approach To Seat Belt Issues, Stephen J. Werber

Law Faculty Articles and Essays

To fully appreciate the life-saving and injury-reduction capacity of seat belt restraint systems, it is necessary to examine several non-legal topics which have direct bearing on what the law should reflect. In addition, these topics could prove to have practical application for the attorney attempting to establish the necessity for judicial acceptance of the seat belt defense. These areas include: (1) the human and economic toll arising from automobile accidents; (2) the events that take place during an automobile collision in terms of vehicle dynamics and occupant kinematics; and (3) the effects of a seat belt restraint system upon occupant …

Kentucky Law Survey: Insurance, Earl Frederick Straub Jr.

Kentucky Law Journal

No abstract provided.