About the Amicus Library

Welcome to the Amicus Project library. Here you will find copies of the 600+ legal briefs United Policyholders has filed as an “amicus curiae” (friend of the court) since 1991. We file amicus briefs to help courts respect and effectuate consumers’ reasonable expectations of coverage and reach fair results in coverage and claim dispute lawsuits. In addition to calling courts’ attention to helpful legal precedents, UP helps judges consider the impact of their decisions on people and businesses that suffer dire consequences when insurance companies put their own profit motives ahead of their customers’ best interests. Learn more about the Amicus Project.

The United Policyholders Amicus Project is made possible by the hundreds of dedicated policyholder attorneys who generously volunteer their time to write, review and edit our briefs. Click here to view the attorneys who make up our Amicus Project Team.

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UP chronicled our Amicus Project in a 2011 report titled “Twenty Years Protecting, Defending and Advancing Policyholders Rights”

Ex parte State Farm Fire and Casualty Company (In re: James M. Foor and Krystina Foor v. State Farm Fire Mutual Insurance Company)
Year: 2026
Court: Supreme Court of Alabama
Case Number: SC-2025-0918
Issue:
  • Discovery Sharing Provisions / Protective Orders in Bad Faith Insurance Litigation
State:
  • Alabama

In its amicus brief, United Policyholders contends that the trial court acted within its broad discretion in issuing a limited discovery sharing provision, permitting plaintiff’s counsel to use discovered materials in similarly situated bad faith cases. UP argues that such provisions promote fairness, prevent insurer…
Chris Eldredge Containers, LLC v. National Union Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburgh, PA, et al.
Year: 2026
Court: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Case Number: Consolidated Case Nos. 59 MAP 2025 & 60 MAP 2025
Issue:
  • Duty to Defend / Auto Exclusion
State:
  • Pennsylvania

In its amicus brief, United Policyholders urges the Pennsylvania Supreme Court to affirm the Superior Court’s ruling in favor of policyholder Chris Eldredge Containers, LLC. The case turns on whether an “Absolute Auto, Aircraft and Watercraft Exclusion” bars the insurers’ duty to defend where the…
Origis USA LLC and Guy Vanderhaegen v. Great American Insurance Co., et al
Year: 2025
Court: Delaware Supreme Court
Case Number: 461-2024
Issue:
  • No Action Clause
State:
  • Delaware

In its amicus brief, United Policyholders argues that an insurer that denies coverage cannot enforce conditions precedent such as the “no action” clause to avoid insurance coverage litigation brought by its insured.
Gharibian v. Wawanesa General
Year: 2025
Court: California Supreme Court
Case Number: S289700
Issue:
  • Physical Loss or Damage
State:
  • California

United Policyholders in partnership with the Consumer Federation of America submitted a request for depublication letter to the California Supreme Court. This issue regarded a California Court of Appeal decision that misconstrued well-established law when it held that a homeowner’s property insurance policy does not…