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Hecimovich v. Encinal School Parent Teacher Organization

Education Law, Injury & Tort Law, Sports Law
In an action asserting defamation and other causes involving a youth athletics coach, in which the defendants filed an anti-SLAPP motion, the trial...

SPCA of Upstate New York, Inc. v. American Working Collie Ass'n

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
In a defamation action brought by a New York SPCA against a Vermont resident, the appellate division's dismissal of the complaint for lack of personal...

Delgado v. Pawtucket Police Dep't

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
In a state law tort action over which the federal district court retained supplemental jurisdiction after dismissing the plaintiffs' federal claims,...

Howard v. Omni Hotels Management Corp.

Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In a personal injury action after the plaintiff slipped in a bathtub at a hotel: 1) the district court's grant of summary judgment to the bathtub...

Getchell v. Rogers Jewelry

Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a slip-and-fall action, summary judgment in the defendant's favor is reversed, where the plaintiff produced evidence from which a reasonable...

Pennsylvania National Mutual Casualty Insurance Co. v. Roberts

Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
In a suit brought by an insurer seeking a declaratory judgment that it was required to indemnify its insured for no more than 40 percent of a state...

Lore v. City of Syracuse

Civil Rights, Evidence, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure
In a case alleging illegal retaliation against a city police officer under Title VII and the New York State Human Rights Law (HRL) because of her...

Maxton v. Western States Metals

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In a suit alleging negligence and strict liability causes of action based on personal injuries as a result of working with metal products manufactured...

Sennett v. US

Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law, Media Law
In a suit by a photojournalist seeking money damages against the federal government for FBI agents' alleged violations of the Privacy Protection Act...

C9 Ventures v. SVC-West, L.P.

Commercial Law, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law
In a personal injury suit in which a lessor of helium-filled tanks used to inflate festive balloons cross-complained against the lessee to enforce an...