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Quarry v. Doe I

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit alleging various causes of action against a Catholic bishop, primarily including claims for negligence in hiring, retaining, and supervising...

State Compensation Insurance Fund v. Workers' Compensation Appeals Board

Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
In a case in which an employee who had been employed less than six months sought workers' compensation benefits for psychiatric injury in addition to...

Federal Aviation Administration v. Cooper

Government Law, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Transportation
In an airline pilot's suit alleging that government agencies violated the Privacy Act of 1974 by unlawfully disclosing his confidential medical...

Mayfield v. NASCAR, Inc.

Consumer Protection Law, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Sports Law
In a suit by a race-car driver and his race team against NASCAR and others for actions they took in response to the driver's positive drug test, the...

Abacus Federal Savings Bank v. ADT Security Services, Inc.

Banking Law, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law
In a bank's action against two security services companies to recover damages under tort and contract theories for losses incurred during a burglary...

McCarty v. Verizon New England, Inc.

Attorney's Fees, Injury & Tort Law, Sanctions, Workers' Compensation
An award of attorney's fees to the defendants as a sanction against the plaintiff's attorney is affirmed, where: 1) the plaintiff's tort suit was...

E.M.A. v. Cansler

Civil Rights, Government Benefits, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Professional Malpractice, Remedies
In a contest between the victim of medical malpractice and the State of North Carolina over the proceeds from a lump-sum settlement of the malpractice...

Sierra Pacific Holdings, Inc. v. County of Ventura

Administrative Law, Injury & Tort Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Transportation
In a suit against a county for allegedly creating a dangerous condition at a county-owned airport that resulted in damage to the plaintiff's aircraft,...

Benson v. JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.

Banking Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a suit by a group of investors defrauded by the "Millennium Ponzi scheme," seeking recourse against a successor bank for the predecessor's aiding...

Roberts v. Sea-Land Services, Inc.

Admiralty, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
In a suit under the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act for injuries sustained in 2002 at an Alaska marine terminal while working for the...