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Great Am. Ins. Co. v. Gordon Trucking, Inc.

Evidence, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Remedies, Transportation
In a negligence action in which a truck insured by plaintiff-insurance company was damaged in a fire, summary judgment for defendant is reversed...

Schipani v. McLeod

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Remedies
In the context of New York General Obligations Law section 15-108(a), a defendant forfeits its right to a setoff in the amount of the settling...

County of Sacramento v. AFSCME LOCAL 146

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law, Remedies
In a matter concerning the extent of jurisdiction the Public Employment Relations Board (PERB) has over claims arising under the Mayers-Milias-Brown...

Budget Blinds, Inc. v. White

Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Contracts, Intellectual Property, Judgement Enforcement, Remedies, Trademark
In a suit arising from alleged violations of a settlement agreement covering a trademark dispute between competing sellers of window blinds, vacatur...

Nano-Proprietary Inc. v. Canon Inc.

Commercial Law, Contracts, Evidence, Injury & Tort Law, Intellectual Property, Patent, Remedies
In a suit arising from defendant's alleged violation of a patent license agreement (PLA) via an impermissible sublicense, dismissal of certain claims,...

La Reunion Aerienne v. Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya

Civil Procedure, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, International Law, Remedies
In an interlocutory appeal in a suit arising from the bombing of a French airliner over Africa, denial in part of defendants' motion to dismiss is...

Clark v. Optical Coating Lab., Inc.

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Injury & Tort Law, Remedies, Sanctions, Water Law
In a toxic tort action following a jury trial that resulted in mistrial, award of attorney's fees and sanctions to defendants is reversed where there...

T.O. IX v. Superior Court of Ventura County (Asphalt Prof'ls, Inc.)

Construction, Contracts, Debt Collection, Property Law & Real Estate, Remedies
In a matter in which respondent-contractors recorded a mechanics' lien against each of nine parcels for the full amount due under a contract,...

Heaton v. Weitz Co., Inc.

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Evidence, Labor & Employment Law, Remedies
In an action alleging plaintiff was retaliated against by his employer in violation of Title VII, judgment and awards pursuant to a jury verdict in...

In re: Arch Wireless, Inc.

Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure, Remedies
In proceedings arising after a bankruptcy discharge, in which a creditor argued that it did not receive proper notice of Chapter 11 bankruptcy...