This edition contains extensive updates, with many new cases relevant for students anxious to acquire practical knowledge that they can quickly put to use when they enter the profession. For example, the Introduction discusses the Kentucky Supreme Court’s 2010 decision in Kentucky v. Reinhold, in which a medical bill sharing program constituted insurance. Chapter 5, which discusses liability insurance features an excellent new duty to defend case, Pekin Insurance Co. v. Wilson, decided by the Illinois Supreme Court and 2010, and another new case, Mid-America Bank &amp; Trust Co. v. Commercial Union Insurance Co., which offers a superior illustration of insurers’ duty to settle – and the bad faith consequences of related misjudgments. Chapter 5 also contains a critical analysis of the tripartite relationship in liability insurance. Chapter 7 on personal insurance contains new discussions of accidental death insurance and stranger-owned life insurance, both of w

Cases and Materials on Insurance Law (American Casebook Series)

Martinez, Leo

Richmond, Douglas

Business

West Academic Publishing

This edition contains extensive updates, with many new cases relevant for students anxious to acquire practical knowledge that they can quickly put to use when they enter the profession. In addition to new cases, the Eighth Edition has been edited to add notes dealing with a variety of cutting edge issues. For example, Chapter 4 includes mention of an empirical study regarding punitive damage awards that exceed single digit ratios and the underlying rationale for such results. Chapter 5 augments its coverage of multi-insurer allocation of liability with notes on New York’s Viking Pump case and Louisiana’s Arceneaux case. Chapter 7 adds to its discussion of stranger-owned life insurance with a short comment on stranger initiated annuity transactions.

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Cases and Materials on Insurance Law (American Casebook Series)

Cases and Materials on Insurance Law (American Casebook Series)

Cases and Materials on Insurance Law (American Casebook Series)