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In the Matter of N.Y. City Transit Auth.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law, Transportation
In a CPLR article 75 proceeding to vacate a labor arbitration award which modified a New York Transit Authority employee's penalty (for allegedly...

Wallace v. Microsoft Corp.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action for wrongful termination, summary judgment for defendant-Microsoft is affirmed in part where no rational jury, viewing the emails and...

Rodriguez v. Atkinson, Haskins, Nellis, Brittingham, Gladd & Carwile, P.C.

Attorney's Fees, Contracts, Ethics & Disciplinary Code, Ethics & Professional Responsibility
In an appeal from the district court's order awarding attorneys' fees after an infant compromise hearing, the award is affirmed where: 1) the district...

Bluehaven Funding, LLC v. First Am. Title Ins. Co.

Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In an action by real estate investors against a title insurance company claiming it was vicariously liable for fraud by another insurer with which...

Medical Protective Co. v. Bubenik

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Professional Malpractice
In an action by an insurer seeking a declaration that it had no duty to pay a malpractice judgment, summary judgment for plaintiff is affirmed where...

Fincher v. St. Paul Fire & Marine Ins. Co.

Contracts, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
In an action claiming that defendant-insurer vexatiously refused to pay plaintiff's underinsured motorist (UIM) claim relating to injuries he...

Ragone v. Atlantic Video

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Labor & Employment Law
In a sexual harassment action, dismissal of the complaint and a grant of defendant's motion to compel arbitration are affirmed where: 1) the fact that...

Roberts v. Printup

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Debt Collection, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Judgement Enforcement
In a garnishment action against an insurer to collect a judgment that was in excess of the policy limits, claiming that defendant negligently or in...

Baker v. St. Paul Travelers Ins. Co.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
In plaintiff's action seeking to recover under the Underinsured Motorist (UIM) provision of her employer's automobile insurance policy, arising from...

Rite Aid of Pennsylvania, Inc. v. United Food & Commercial Workers Union Local 1776

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Contracts, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action by a union against a drugstore chain (Rite Aid), claiming that Rite Aid denied entry when union representatives attempted to enter six of...