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ST. MARY'S FOUNDRY, INC. v. EMPLOYERS INS. OF WAUSAU

Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Property Law & Real Estate
The plain language of a business property insurance policy excluded from property coverage the insured's patterns used in production of castings, thus...

O'SHAUGHNESSY v. COMM'R OF INTERNAL REVENUE

Tax Law
Taxpayer was entitled to depreciate molten tin used in flat glass manufacturing under 26 U.S.C. section 167, as the tin underwent exhaustion, wear and...

FIKE CORP. v. GREAT LAKES CHEM. CORP.

Contracts
District court did not err in finding plaintiff breached its contract with defendant when it purchased fire suppression chemicals from defendant's...

MCEUIN v. CROWN EQUIP. CORP.

Evidence, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In a product liability suit against a forklift manufacturer, the district court did not err in refusing introduction of 1) military forklift design...

DEKENS v. UNDERWRITERS LABS. INC.

Consumer Protection Law, Injury & Tort Law
Defendant met its burden on summary judgment by showing through admissible evidence that it never undertook to test small appliances for medical...

ARTEVA SPECIALTIES S.A.R.L. v. ENVTL. PROT. AGENCY

Administrative Law, Environmental Law
The EPA must clarify its decision to aggregate costs and effectiveness facility-wide, in promulgating polyethylene terephthalate resin manufacturers'...

VASQUEZ v. BRIDGESTONE/FIRESTONE, INC.

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
Mexican citizens' suit against a tire manufacturer, based on a car crash occurring in Mexico, was properly dismissed on forum non conveniens grounds...

STEVENSON v. E I DUPONT DE NEMOURS & CO.

Environmental Law, Injury & Tort Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Remedies
Plaintiffs can recover under Texas trespass law based on contamination by emission of heavy metal particulates, and evidence showed actual...

HALL v. GE PLASTIC PAC. PTE LTD.

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
Federal rather than state law on the issue of judicial estoppel was properly applied to a claim alleging manufacture of a defective extension cord,...

SPRUNG v. MTR RAVENSBURG, INC.

Commercial Law, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
A custom fabricator was not a "casual manufacturer" of a defective retractable floor, and so is not entitled to insulation from strict products...