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Crowley Maritime Corp. v. Boston Old Colony Ins. Co.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Insurance Law
In case involving domestic and foreign insurance agreements in an arbitration dispute involving equitable contribution, denial of petition to compel...

Lambert v. Carneghi

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Insurance Law
In suit alleging negligence over defendants' alleged failure to adequately advance plaintiffs' position in a fire insurance appraisal proceeding,...

CPL, Inc. v. Fragchem Corp.

Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
In a dispute over payment for a shipment of chemicals, the district court's sua sponte dismissal is reversed where it was improper for the district...

Uhl v. Komatsu Forklift Co., Ltd.

Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Injury & Tort Law, Sanctions
In a case challenging the validity of an arbitration award where one of the party-selected arbitrators had previously and occasionally served as...

The Pierre Condo. Ass'n v. Lincoln Park West Assocs.

Construction, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Injury & Tort Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a suit for property damage allegedly caused during the construction of a high-rise condominium building on an adjacent property, order finding the...

United Steelworkers of Am. v. Retirement Income Plan for Hourly-Rated Employees of ASARCO, Inc.

Attorney's Fees, Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, ERISA, Labor & Employment Law
In a union and retirees' action against the owner and operator of a copper smelter plant's retirement plan seeking to compel arbitration of retirees'...

Otay River Constructors v. San Diego Expressway

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Construction, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
Where an action is brought solely to compel arbitration of contractual disputes between the parties, a party who succeeds in obtaining an order...

Truck Drivers Local No. 164 v. Allied Waste Sys., Inc.

Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Labor & Employment Law
In proceedings arising when a driver was terminated for backing his truck into low-hanging telephone lines, summary judgment for employer vacating an...

Stemple v. Pickerill

Civil Procedure, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
In the matter of a mandatory arbitration decision, judgment allowing defendants to withdraw their rejection of the arbitration award and barring...

Warfield v. Summerville Senior Living, Inc.

Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Elder Law, Injury & Tort Law
In action for elder abuse and other claims, denial of petition to compel arbitration, based on an arbitration agreement plaintiff's husband had signed...