週次
Week |
課程主題
Topic |
課程內容與指定閱讀
Content and Reading Assignment |
教學活動與作業
Teaching Activities and Homework |
學習投入時間
Student workload expectation |
課堂講授
In-class Hours |
課程前後
Outside-of-class Hours |
1 |
Introduction and class organization
Introduction to risk and insurance |
SECV. Variable Annuity Ins. Co. 359 U. S. 65 (1959). |
Read cases and assignment before class |
3 |
3 |
2 |
Introduction to legal writing |
How to Brief a Case
Legal Memorandum Format Sample |
Read cases and assignment before class |
3 |
3 |
3 |
Insurance law and regulation |
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). |
Read cases and assignment before class |
3 |
3 |
4 |
Interpretation |
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). |
Read cases and assignment before class |
3 |
3 |
5 |
Interpretation |
In re Deepwater Horizon, 470 S.W. 3d 452 (2015). |
Read cases and assignment before class |
3 |
3 |
6 |
Intermediaries |
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). |
Read cases and assignment before class |
3 |
3 |
7 |
Misrepresentation & Disproportionate Forfeiture |
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) |
Read cases and assignment before class |
3 |
3 |
8 |
Misrepresentation & Disproportionate Forfeiture |
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). |
Read cases and assignment before class |
3 |
3 |
9 |
Damages |
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). |
Read cases and assignment before class |
3 |
3 |
10 |
Life Insurance |
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). |
Read cases and assignment before class |
3 |
3 |
11 |
Property Insurance |
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). |
Read cases and assignment before class |
3 |
3 |
12 |
Subrogation |
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). |
Read cases and assignment before class |
3 |
3 |
13 |
Liability Insurance |
Owens-Illinois, Inc. v. United Ins. Co., 138 N.J. 437, 650 A.2d 974 (1994).
Eljer Mfg., Inc. v. Liberty Mut. Ins. Co., 972 F.2d 805 (1992). |
Read cases and assignment before class |
3 |
3 |
14 |
final presentation and case summary |
Final presentation and discussion |
Read cases and assignment before class |
3 |
3 |
15 |
final presentation and case summary |
Final presentation and discussion |
Read cases and assignment before class |
3 |
3 |
16 |
final presentation and case summary |
Final presentation and discussion |
Prepare for final presentation and discussion |
3 |
3 |
17 |
final presentation and case summary |
Final presentation and discussion |
Prepare for final presentation and discussion |
3 |
3 |
18 |
final presentation and case summary/wrap-up/review |
Final presentation and discussion |
Prepare for final presentation and discussion |
3 |
3 |