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Intri-Plex Techs., Inc. v. Crest Group

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Product Liability
In a suit brought by a manufacturer of certain computer disk drive components against defendant-cleaning equipment manufacturer arising from defective...

TMJ Implants, Inc. v. Aetna, Inc.

Drugs & Biotech, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
In a suit brought against insurers by a manufacturer of certain prosthetic implants for defamation and related torts, dismissal of the complaint for...

Shuck v. CNH Am., LLC

Agriculture, Evidence, Product Liability
In an action against a combine manufacturer arising from a fire in a combine's engine compartment that caused extensive damage to the combine and...

US Steel Corp. v. Astrue

Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In action under the Coal Industry Retiree Health Benefit Act of 1992 challenging defendant's assignment of various miner retirees to plaintiffs for...

OneBeacon Ins. Co. v. Don's Building Supply Inc.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Insurance Law, Product Liability, Property Law & Real Estate
Questions of law are certified to the Supreme Court of Texas regarding: 1) the proper rule under Texas law for determining the time at which property...

Cavel Int'l, Inc. v. Madigan

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, International Trade
In a constitutional challenge to a statute banning the slaughter and export of horsemeat for human consumption by a producer and exporter of...

New Jersey Transit Corp. v. Harsco Corp.

Contracts, Government Contracts, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability, Transportation
In an action brought by a transit agency raising claims for negligence, product liability, and breach of warranties arising from a contract to procure...

Viva! Int'l Voice for Animals v. Adidas Promotional Retail Operations, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Criminal Law & Procedure, Environmental Law, Sports Law
In an suit involving athletic shoes made from kangaroo leather, summary judgment for defendant Adidas is reversed, as Penal Code section 653o, which...

Hamilton Materials Inc. v. Union Carbide Corp.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law
In a suit alleging fraud in relation to the manufacture of asbestos-based products, summary judgment for defendants is affirmed where: 1) a...

The St. Paul Travelers Cos., Inc. v. Corn Island Shipyard, Inc.

Insurance Law, Workers' Compensation
In a declaratory action to determine plaintiff's obligation to cover the claims of a shipyard employee under a policy issued to defendant by...