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Affiliated FM Ins. Co. v. LTK Consulting Servs., Inc.

Injury & Tort Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Transportation
In an action asserting that defendant provided negligent design advice to the Seattle Monorail System that resulted in fire damage, summary judgment...

US v. Science Apps. Int'l. Corp.

Government Contracts, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
In an action against a government contractor for violating the False Claims Act (FCA) by seeking payments at the same time it knew it was violating...

Jelinek v. Casas

Civil Procedure, Evidence, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Sanctions
In a wrongful death action against a hospital and a physician, claiming that defendants' negligence in failing to continue an antibiotic treatment...

Univ. of Texas at Austin v. Hayes

Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In plaintiff's premises-liability suit against the University of Texas at Austin, claiming that a metal chain blocking a driveway at the university...

In re Olshan Found. Repair Co. LLC

Constitutional Law, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
Defendant's petition for writs of mandamus, filed in four different cases in which three separate trial courts refused to compel arbitration of...

Reyes v. City of Laredo

Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
In plaintiff's wrongful death action against a city, arising from the death of her fourteen-year-old daughter, who drowned when the van in which she...

Fiorentino v. Rio Mar Assoc., LP

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Remedies
In a suit brought by a plaintiff and his wife against a hotel for negligence, arising from a swimming accident at the hotel which rendered the...

Giordano v. Market Am., Inc.

Evidence, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law
In response to certified questions from the Second Circuit, the New York Court of Appeals held as follows: 1) the provisions of CPLR section 214-c...

Nostrom v. A.W. Chesterton Co.

Commercial Law, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Environmental Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action alleging violations of Industrial Code regulations, which required the prevention of air contamination and the removal of dangerous air...

Deering v. Nat'l Maint. & Repair, Inc.

Admiralty, Civil Procedure, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In plaintiff's suit under the Jones Act against his employer for injuries sustained in an accident aboard a towboat, district court's dismissal of the...