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Contracts

University of Nevada, Las Vegas -- William S. Boyd School of Law

2009

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Summary Of Dobron V. Bunch, 125 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 36, Kathleen Wilde Sep 2009

Summary Of Dobron V. Bunch, 125 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 36, Kathleen Wilde

Nevada Supreme Court Summaries

An appeal from an Eighth Judicial District Court award of attorney fees stemming from a guaranty agreement.


Summary Of Attorney Gen. V. Dist. Ct. (Philip Morris), 125 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 5, Miranda Mahe Jan 2009

Summary Of Attorney Gen. V. Dist. Ct. (Philip Morris), 125 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 5, Miranda Mahe

Nevada Supreme Court Summaries

No abstract provided.


The Insurance Policy As Thing, Jeffrey W. Stempel Jan 2009

The Insurance Policy As Thing, Jeffrey W. Stempel

Scholarly Works

Insurance policies are a type of contract. But characterizing them only as contracts misses much of the richness of the insurance arrangement, policyholder-insurer relations, and the degree to which insurance policies, which are heavily standardized, are designed to perform a particular function. Because of their mass standardization and deployment to address particular risk management issues, insurance policies are in many respects like products or chattels. Insurers and the insurance trade press in fact frequently speak of a line of insurance "products" or a new "product" being introduced to address an emerging risk. Appreciating this aspect of the insurance policy can …