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Hodges v. Mack Trucks, Inc.

Attorney's Fees, Evidence, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law, Product Liability, Remedies, Workers' Compensation
In appeals arising out of a product-liability action for injuries sustained because of a secondary collision in Texas, involving a tractor-trailer...

DiLaura v. Township of Ann Arbor

Constitutional Law, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Tax-exempt Organizations, Attorney's Fees
In a dispute with a township under the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) involving a charitable donation of property, an order granting...

Castural Thompson v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

Attorney's Fees, Civil Rights, Commercial Law
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1981 action alleging race discrimination against Wal-Mart, denial of Wal-Mart's claim for attorney fees under 42 U.S.C. section...

Richlin Sec. Serv. Co. v. Chertoff, Sec'y of Homeland Sec.

Administrative Law, Attorney's Fees, Contracts, Government Contracts, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
Under the Equal Access to Justice Act (EAJA), paralegal services are not recoverable as fees, but are only recoverable as expenses at the cost to the...

Fieger v. Ferry

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Ethics & Professional Responsibility
Dismissal of a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 civil rights action challenging the refusal of certain Michigan Supreme Court Justices to recuse themselves from...

Baker & Hostetler LLP v. US Dep't of Commerce

Administrative Law, Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Government Law, International Trade
In case involving trade dispute and FOIA action over alleged unfair trade practices by Canada and Canadian softwood lumber exporters, district court's...

Tony Gullo Motors I, L.P. v. Chapa

Attorney's Fees, Consumer Protection Law, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Remedies
A decision reinstating an award for plaintiff with modification in an action brought against a car dealer for breach of contract, fraud, and the Texas...

Brainard v. Trinity Universal Ins. Co.

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Remedies
Uninsured/underinsured motorist (UIM) insurance covers prejudgment interest that the underinsured motorist would owe the insured in tort liability....

State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co. v. Norris

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Remedies
In an action brought by an individual injured in a car accident to recover benefits under his underinsured motorist (UIM) policy, the court finds, in...

State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co. v. Nickerson

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Remedies
In the matter under review, the trial court erred in awarding plaintiff attorney's fees incurred during the trial since, per an opinion also issued...