Great American Life Insurance Company v. United States Department of the Interior et al

  1. August 29, 2024

    Insurer's $20M Tribal Loan Claim Goes To Fed. Claims Court

    An Ohio federal judge has transferred a challenge to Interior Secretary Deb Haaland over the agency's cancellation of a $20 million tribal loan guarantee to Federal Claims Court, arguing this week that the sole alternative of an outright dismissal would be detrimental to the interests of justice and judicial economy.

  2. July 30, 2024

    Insurer Says Interior Dept. Must Face $20M Tribal Loan Claims

    U.S. Department of the Interior Secretary Deb Haaland waited too long to assert that an Ohio federal court cannot hear the case an insurer brought against it over a $20 million tribal loan guarantee, and the suit should be transferred to the Court of Federal Claims instead of being dismissed, the insurer has argued.

  3. June 20, 2024

    DOI Secretary Looks To Ax Insurer's $20M Tribal Loan Claims

    U.S. Department of the Interior Secretary Deb Haaland is seeking a win in a challenge over the cancelation of a $20 million tribal loan guarantee, arguing that an Ohio federal district court lacks subject-matter jurisdiction over Great American Life Insurance Co.'s remaining claims.

  4. October 02, 2019

    Insurer Seeks Win On Last Claims Over DOI $20M Tribal Loan

    Great American Life Insurance Co. urged an Ohio federal judge to grant it an early win on its remaining claims against the U.S. Department of the Interior secretary for what the insurer said was an arbitrary cancellation of a $20 million loan guarantee.

  5. June 04, 2019

    DOI Escapes Insurer's $20M Tribal Loan Guarantee Suit

    An Ohio federal judge has gutted litigation accusing the U.S. Department of the Interior and several officials of improperly rejecting an insurer's $20 million claim for losses under a tribal company's guaranteed loan, upholding only a contract allegation against the agency secretary.

  6. November 01, 2016

    DOI Seeks To Gut Insurer's $20M Tribal Loan Guarantee Suit

    The U.S. Department of the Interior on Monday urged an Ohio federal court to toss almost all claims against the agency and several officials over its refusal to pay an insurer for a $20 million guarantee on a loan to a tribal company, saying the court only has jurisdiction over a single breach of contract claim against the department's secretary.

  7. June 28, 2016

    DOI Yanked $20M Loan Guarantee, Hid Records, Insurer Says

    An insurance company accused the U.S. Department of the Interior of arbitrarily canceling a $20 million loan guarantee, violating its own records policies when its decision was challenged and subjecting the insurer to an unfair administrative appeals process in a suit filed Monday in Ohio federal court.