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· 2/23/2004

David L. Reicher, D.P.M. Affiliated Podiatrists, P.A. v. Berkshire Life Insurance Company of America the Guardian Life Insurance Company of America

Citations

  • 360 F.3d 1
  • 2004 U.S. App. LEXIS 3236
  • 2004 WL 324424

How courts have described this case

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  • applying Maryland law to insurance coverage dispute because Maryland was the state where the insured were domiciled, polices were delivered, premiums were paid, and benefits were distributed
  • affirming dismissal of Maryland plaintiff's Chapter 93A claim under similar circumstances
  • forum law applies absent an actual conflict between the substantive laws of the interested jurisdictions
  • district courts have a duty to establish subject matter jurisdiction 7 sua sponte if the issue is not disputed by the parties
  • comparing Massachusetts and Maryland insurance settlement practices statutes

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Judges: Boudin, Lourie, Lynch

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