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

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Introduction and class organization

1. SECV. Variable Annuity Ins. Co. 359 U. S. 65 (1959).

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Insurance law and regulation

2. 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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Interpretation

3. Gaunt v. John Hancock Mut. Life Ins. Co. 160 F.2d 599 (1947).


4. 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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Interpretation

5. In re Deepwater Horizon, 470 S.W. 3d 452 (2015).

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Waiver & estoppel

6. Darner Motor Sales, Inc. v. Universal Underwriters Ins. Co. 140 Ariz. 383, 682 P.2d 388 (1984).


7. Bible v. John Hancock Mut. Life Ins. Co. of Boston, Mass., 256 N.Y. 458 (1931).

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Intermediaries

8. Economy Fire & Cas. Co. v. Bassett, 170 Ill.App.3d 765 (1988)


9. Emerson Electric Co. v. Marsh & McLennan 3Companies, 362 S3.W.3d 7 (2012).

1. Union Labor Life Ins. Co. v. Pireno, 458 U.S. 119, 102 S. Ct. 3002, 73 L. Ed. 2d 647 (1982)

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Misrepresentation & Disproportionate Forfeiture

10. Pum v. Wisconsin Physicians Service Ins. Corp., 298 Wis.2d 497, 727 N.W.2d 346 (2006).


11. Aetna Cas. and Sur. Co. v. Murphy, 206 Conn. 409, 538 A.2d 219 (1988)

2. Atwater Creamery Co. v. Western Nat. Mut. Ins. Co. 366 N.W.2d 271 (1985)

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Misrepresentation & Disproportionate Forfeiture

12. Essex Insurance Company v. Galilee Medical Center SC, 988 F.Supp.2d 866 (2013).


13. Principal Life Ins. Co. v. Locker Group, 869 F.Supp.2d 359 (2012).

3. Amex Life Assurance Co. v. Superior Court, 14 Cal. 4th 1231, 930 P.2d 1264 (1997)

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Damages

14. Hangarter v. Provident Life and Acc. Ins. Co., 373 F.3d 998 (2004).


15. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co. v. Campbell, 538 U.S. 408 (2003).

4. Silberg v. California Life Ins. Co., 11 Cal. 3d 452, 521 P.2d 1103 (1974)

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Life Insurance

16. Metropolitan Life Ins. Co. v. Conway, 252 N.Y. 449 (1930).


17. Allstate Life Ins. Co. v. Miller, 424 F.3d 1113 (2005).


18. Grigsby v. Russell, 222 U.S. 149 (1911).

5. Mayo v Hartford Life Ins Co

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Property Insurance

19. State Farm Fire and Cas. Co. v. Bongen, 925 P.2d 1042 (1996).


20. Leonard v. Nationwide Mut. Ins. Co., 438 F.Supp.2d 684 (2006).


21. Watson v. United Services Auto. Ass’n, 566 N.W.2d 683 (1997).

6. State Farm Fire & Cas. Co. v. Bongen, 925 P.2d 1042 (Alaska 1996)

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Subrogation

22. Central Insurance Co. Ltd. v. Seacalf Shipping Corporation [1983] 2 Lloyd's Rep. 25.

7. Great N. Oil Co. v. St. Paul Fire & Marine Ins. Co., 291 Minn. 97, 189 N.W.2d 404 (1971)

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Subrogation

23. Rimes v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co.106 Wis.2d 263, 316 N.W.2d 348 (1982).

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final presentation and case summary

Final presentation and discussion

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final presentation and case summary

Final presentation and discussion

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final presentation and case summary

Final presentation and discussion

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final presentation and case summary/wrap-up/review

Final presentation and discussion

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final presentation and case summary/wrap-up/review

Final presentation and discussion

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