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Humana Med Plan Inc v. GlaxoSmithKline LLC

Drugs & Biotech, Health Law, Insurance Law
In a suit under the Medicare Act, alleging that defendant as a "primary payer" was obligated to reimburse plaintiff as a "secondary payer" for...

American Coatings, Inc. v. South Coast Air District

Administrative Law, Environmental Law
In an challenge to South Coast Air District's 2002 amendments to its Rule 1113, which limits certain pollution-causing substances in paints and...

Tire Engineering and Dist. v. Shandong Linglong Rubber Co.

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Intellectual Property, Copyright, Remedies
In a suit by a producer of mining tires against foreign corporations, alleged defendants conspired to steal its tire blueprints, produce infringing...

Barker v. Hennessey Industries, Inc.

Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In a wrongful death complaint filed by the widow and surviving children of a worker who used the defendant's brake shoe arcing machines and brake drum...

Campbell v. Ford Motor Co.

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a premises liability action alleging that the plaintiff had been diagnosed with mesothelioma as a result of her exposure to asbestos from...

Bettencourt v. Hennessey Industries, Inc.

Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In a suit claiming that the use of the defendant's machines to grind asbestos-containing brake linings resulted in exposure to airborne asbestos...

Shields v. Hennessey Industries, Inc.

Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In consolidated actions alleging that the defendant's machine for shaping brake linings that were manufactured by others and that contained asbestos...

Stengel v. Medtronic Inc.

Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In a suit for injuries sustained by one of the plaintiffs from his use of a pain pump manufactured by the defendant, the district court's dismissal of...

In re Becton, Dickinson and Co.

Health Law, Intellectual Property, Trademark
On application to register a trademark for closures for medical collection tubes, the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board's decision affirming the...

L.A. Printex Industries, Inc. v. Aeropostale, Inc.

Intellectual Property, Copyright
In a copyright infringement action by a fabric printing company against an apparel wholesaler and a mall-based retailer, the district court's summary...