週次
Week
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課程主題
Topic
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課程內容與指定閱讀
Content and Reading Assignment
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教學活動與作業
Teaching Activities and Homework
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學習投入時間
Student workload expectation
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課堂講授
In-class Hours
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課程前後
Outside-of-class Hours
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1
(2.27)
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Introduction and class organization
Introduction to risk and insurance
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SECV. Variable Annuity Ins. Co. 359 U. S. 65 (1959).
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Read cases and assignment before class
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3
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3
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2
(3.6)
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Introduction to legal writing
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How to Brief a Case
Legal Memorandum Format Sample
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Read cases and assignment before class
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3
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3
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3
(3.13)
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Insurance law and regulation
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Susan Randalla, Insurance Regulation in the United States: Regulatory Federalism and the National Association of Insurance Commissioners, 26 Fla. St. U. L. Rev. 625 (1999).
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Read cases and assignment before class
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3
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3
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4
(3.20)
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Interpretation
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Gaunt v. John Hancock Mut. Life Ins. Co. 160 F.2d 599 (1947).
World trade center properties v. travelers indemnity co, 2002 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 9863, (S.D.N.Y. June 5, 2002).
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Vargas v. Ins. Co. of N. Am., 651 F.2d 838 (2d Cir. 1981)
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3
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3
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5
(3.27)
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Interpretation
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In re Deepwater Horizon, 470 S.W. 3d 452 (2015).
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Atwood v. Hartford Acc. & Indem. Co., 116 N.H. 636, 365 A.2d 744 (1976)
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3
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3
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6
(4.3)
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Waiver & estoppel
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Darner Motor Sales, Inc. v. Universal Underwriters Ins. Co. 140 Ariz. 383, 682 P.2d 388 (1984).
Bible v. John Hancock Mut. Life Ins. Co. of Boston, Mass., 256 N.Y. 458 (1931).
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Roseth v. St. Paul Property and Liability Ins. Co., 374 N.W.2d 105 (1985)
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3
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3
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7
(4.10)
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Intermediaries
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Economy Fire & Cas. Co. v. Bassett, 170 Ill.App.3d 765 (1988)
Emerson Electric Co. v. Marsh & McLennan Companies, 362 S.W.3d 7 (2012).
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In re Marsh & Mclennan Companies, Inc. Securities Litigation, 501 F.Supp.2d 452 (2006).
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3
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3
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8
(4.17)
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Misrepresentation & Disproportionate Forfeiture
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Pum v. Wisconsin Physicians Service Ins. Corp., 298 Wis.2d 497, 727 N.W.2d 346 (2006).
Aetna Cas. and Sur. Co. v. Murphy, 206 Conn. 409, 538 A.2d 219 (1988)
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Neill v. Nationwide Mut. Fire Ins. Co., 81 Ark. App. 67, 98 S.W.3d 448, aff'd, 355 Ark. 474, 139 S.W.3d 484 (2003)
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3
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3
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9
(4.24)
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Misrepresentation & Disproportionate Forfeiture
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Essex Insurance Company v. Galilee Medical Center SC, 988 F.Supp.2d 866 (2013).
Principal Life Ins. Co. v. Locker Group, 869 F.Supp.2d 359 (2012).
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MacKenzie v. Prudential Ins. Co. of Am., 411 F.2d 781 (6th Cir. 1969)
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3
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3
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10
(5.1)
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Damages
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Hangarter v. Provident Life and Acc. Ins. Co., 373 F.3d 998 (2004).
State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co. v. Campbell, 538 U.S. 408 (2003).
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Silberg v. California Life Ins. Co., 11 Cal. 3d 452, 521 P.2d 1103 (1974)
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3
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3
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11
(5.8)
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Life Insurance
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Metropolitan Life Ins. Co. v. Conway, 252 N.Y. 449 (1930).
Allstate Life Ins. Co. v. Miller, 424 F.3d 1113 (2005).
Grigsby v. Russell, 222 U.S. 149 (1911).
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Ryan v. Tickle, 210 Neb. 630, 316 N.W.2d 580 (1982)
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3
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3
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12
(5.15)
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Property Insurance
(TBA)
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State Farm Fire and Cas. Co. v. Bongen, 925 P.2d 1042 (1996).
Leonard v. Nationwide Mut. Ins. Co., 438 F.Supp.2d 684 (2006).
Watson v. United Services Auto. Ass’n, 566 N.W.2d 683 (1997).
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State Farm Fire & Cas. Co. v. Bongen, 925 P.2d 1042 (Alaska 1996)
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3
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3
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13
(5.22)
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Subrogation
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Central Insurance Co. Ltd. v. Seacalf Shipping Corporation [1983] 2 Lloyd's Rep. 25.
Rimes v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co.106 Wis.2d 263, 316 N.W.2d 348 (1982).
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Great N. Oil Co. v. St. Paul Fire & Marine Ins. Co., 291 Minn. 97, 189 N.W.2d 404 (1971)
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3
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3
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14
(5.29)
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final presentation and case summary
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Final presentation and discussion
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Read cases and assignment before class
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3
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3
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15
(6.5)
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final presentation and case summary
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Final presentation and discussion
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Read cases and assignment before class
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3
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3
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16
(6.12)
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final presentation and case summary (TBA)
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Final presentation and discussion
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Prepare for final presentation and discussion
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3
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3
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17
(6.19)
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final presentation and case summary
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Final presentation and discussion
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Prepare for final presentation and discussion
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3
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3
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18
(6.26)
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final presentation and case summary/wrap-up/review
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Final presentation and discussion
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Prepare for final presentation and discussion
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3
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3
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