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Fidelity Investments Life Insurance Company v. Squire et al

MOTION

9 Cited authorities

  1. Ashcroft v. Iqbal

    556 U.S. 662 (2009)   Cited 252,784 times   279 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a claim is plausible where a plaintiff's allegations enable the court to draw a "reasonable inference" the defendant is liable

  2. Bell Atl. Corp. v. Twombly

    550 U.S. 544 (2007)   Cited 266,697 times   365 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a complaint's allegations should "contain sufficient factual matter, accepted as true, to 'state a claim to relief that is plausible on its face' "

  3. Citizens First Nat. Bank v. Cin. Ins. Co.

    200 F.3d 1102 (7th Cir. 2000)   Cited 124 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding that statutory penalties under § 155 "may not be awarded simply because an insurer takes an unsuccessful position in litigation, but only where the evidence shows that the insurer's behavior was willful and without reasonable cause"

  4. Lanza v. City of Chicago

    No. 08 C 5103 (N.D. Ill. Jun. 2, 2009)   Cited 2 times

    No. 08 C 5103. June 2, 2009 MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER WAYNE ANDERSEN, District Judge This case is before the court on the motion of defendants City of Chicago, Robert Bartik, L. Riggio, M. Gonzalez, J. Acosta, B. Okrasinski, F. Herrera, F. Skoroek, and M. Soferernnovic (collectively "the City defendants") to dismiss plaintiff's Fourth Amendment claim against all City defendants except the City of Chicago, as well as plaintiff's Fifth, Sixth, Eighth and Fourteenth Amendment claims and plaintiff's

  5. COSS v. PLAYTEX PRODUCTS, LLC

    Case No. 08 C 50222 (N.D. Ill. May. 21, 2009)   Cited 1 times

    Case No. 08 C 50222. May 21, 2009 MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER P. MAHONEY, Magistrate Judge Plaintiff filed her amended complaint on January 26, 2009 on behalf of herself and a class of similarly situated individuals. According to Plaintiff's amended complaint, consumers bought baby bottles sold by Defendant that had venting mechanisms on the bottles' bottoms. The mechanisms was supposed to prevent air pressure from building up in the bottles (known as the "vacuum effect"). (Amended Compl. ¶ 2.)

  6. Employer Insurance of Wausau v. Pacer International, Inc.

    No. 04 C 4563 (N.D. Ill. Jan. 12, 2005)   Cited 2 times

    No. 04 C 4563. January 12, 2005 MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER JAMES ZAGEL, District Judge This case arises from an incident in which Jeffrey Haynes sustained bodily injuries after stepping out of a truck owned by his employer, Morgan Southern, Inc. ("Morgan Southern"), and into a pothole on the Wolcott trucking yard (the "Wolcott Yard"). The Wolcott Yard was owned by Centerpoint Realty Services Corporation and was leased to Transportation Leasing of Indiana, Inc. ("TLI"). TLI managed the Wolcott Yard

  7. Rule 12 - Defenses and Objections: When and How Presented; Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings; Consolidating Motions; Waiving Defenses; Pretrial Hearing

    Fed. R. Civ. P. 12   Cited 345,981 times   922 Legal Analyses
    Granting the court discretion to exclude matters outside the pleadings presented to the court in defense of a motion to dismiss

  8. Rule 8 - General Rules of Pleading

    Fed. R. Civ. P. 8   Cited 156,250 times   193 Legal Analyses
    Holding that "[e]very defense to a claim for relief in any pleading must be asserted in the responsive pleading. . . ."

  9. Section 215 ILCS 5/155 - Attorney fees

    215 ILCS 5/155   Cited 814 times   9 Legal Analyses
    Providing for attorney's fees, costs, and an additional penalty for unreasonable and vexatious delay in settling or paying a claim