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Weiner v. City of New York

Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Workers' Compensation
In an injured emergency medical technician's action against the City of New York and its Parks and Recreation Department, alleging both common law...

Thomas v. Stenberg

Agriculture, Injury & Tort Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Transportation
In a suit for general negligence and premises liability brought by a motorcyclist who was injured when a cow charged him on a private road passing...

USAA Casualty Insurance Co. v. Permanent Mission of the Republic of Namibia

Civil Procedure, Construction, Injury & Tort Law, International Law
In a tort suit against an instrumentality of the Republic of Namibia stemming from construction work on its New York chancery building, a district...

Boy Scouts of America National Foundation v. Superior Court (Doe)

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
Although a petition for writ of mandate is denied as moot, the Court of Appeals holds that the trial court erred in overruling the Boy Scouts'...

Banks v. International Renting and Leasing Corp.

Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In a suit that included claims for strict liability, breach of warranty, and loss of consortium arising out of an accident involving a rented van in...

Barker v. Hennessey Industries, Inc.

Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In a wrongful death complaint filed by the widow and surviving children of a worker who used the defendant's brake shoe arcing machines and brake drum...

Lyons v. Lancer Insurance Co.

Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Transportation
In an action seeking a declaration that federal law required an insurer to satisfy an unpaid judgment entered in favor of the plaintiffs in a...

Campbell v. Ford Motor Co.

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a premises liability action alleging that the plaintiff had been diagnosed with mesothelioma as a result of her exposure to asbestos from...

Chakalis v. Elevator Solutions, Inc.

Injury & Tort Law, Professional Malpractice
In a suit stemming from injuries sustained in an elevator fall, in which the jury found the plaintiff's treating physician 52 percent at fault, a...

Crowther v. Consolidated Rail Corp.

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
In consolidated negligence actions under the Federal Employers' Liability Act (FELA) against two railroad defendants brought by a former employee, the...