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CITY OF LONG BEACH v. DEPARTMENT OF INDUS. RELATIONS

Construction, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law, Tax-exempt Organizations
When a city contributes its funds to a private non-profit organization for the specific purpose of constructing a facility to be used by the general...

GARLAND v. TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTH.

Construction, Injury & Tort Law
The record is insufficient at this stage to determine whether a third party independent contractor may be entitled to indemnity under Kentucky law in...

BAROCO W., INC. v. SCOTTSDALE INS. CO.

Construction, Insurance Law
In an action against an insurer for failing to defend in a homeowners' action for negligent construction of a private residence, there was no...

AM. INDEM. LLOYDS v. TRAVELERS PROP. & CAS. INS. CO.

Construction, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
District court's dismissal with prejudice of an insurer's suit under Texas law, seeking to recover one-half of funds it paid in settlement and...

WINDHAM AT CARMEL MOUNTAIN RANCH ASS'N v. SUPERIOR COURT OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY (PRESLEY COS.)

Civil Procedure, Construction
The trial court erroneously granted a demurrer to plaintiff's breach of implied warranty claim in its construction defect action based on its finding...

ACC CONSTR. CO., INC. v. CGU

Construction, Insurance Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a commercial general liability insurance policy that defines "occurrence" as an "accident", coverage is triggered if the underlying act was...

KALAI v. GRAY

Attorney's Fees, Construction, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
A party who enters into a pre-dispute agreement to arbitrate does not waive his right to resort to that forum merely because he first attempts to air...

NOVA PLUMBING, INC. v. NAT'L LABOR RELATIONS BD.

Construction, Contracts, Labor & Employment Law
In finding a construction company's contract with a labor union to be governed by National Labor Relations Act ("NLRA") section 9(a), the NLRB failed...

N.P., INC. v. TURBOFF

Construction, Contracts, Property Law & Real Estate, Public Utilities
A purchaser of property had a contract right to receive payment from a utility company in exchange for transfer of title to the facilities, and was...

MILLS v. FORESTEX CO.

Civil Procedure, Construction, Consumer Protection Law, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability, Property Law & Real Estate
A siding problem on plaintiffs' house was sufficiently appreciable no later than 1993 to put them on notice to pursue their remedies for latent...