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Republic of the Philippines v. Pimentel

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Criminal Law & Procedure, Debt Collection, Government Law, International Law, Judgement Enforcement, Property Law & Real Estate
In an interpleader action commenced to determine the ownership of property allegedly stolen by Ferdinand Marcos when he was the President of the...

In the Matter of Richard A. Zalk

Ethics & Disciplinary Code, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Property Law & Real Estate
The Dead Man's Statute does not apply in attorney disciplinary proceedings involving how an attorney handled a down payment in a real estate...

936 Second Avenue L.P. v. Second Corporate Dev. Co., Inc.

Contracts, Landlord Tenant Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a lease dispute involving the issue of whether the net lease itself must be considered by appraisers in valuing the demised premises for purposes...

Berg v. Albany Ladder Co., Inc.

Civil Procedure, Construction, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Remedies, Workers' Compensation
The protections of Labor Law section 240(1) do not apply to every worker who falls and is injured at a construction site. In a case involving a...

Auto-Owners Ins. Co. v. Pozzi Window Co.

Commercial Law, Construction, Contracts, Insurance Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In proceedings involving a certified question from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, the case is returned to the Eleventh Circuit...

Laabs v. City of Victorville

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Evidence, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Remedies, Transportation
In a multi-party lawsuit brought by a plaintiff injured in an automobile collision wherein one of plaintiff's purported claims was against...

Robinson v. N. Pond Hunting Club

Probate, Trusts & Estates, Property Law & Real Estate
Denial of a complaint for partition of a land trust held by a hunting club which arose from the other members' desire to remove the plaintiff from the...

City of Chicago v. Prologis

Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
Denial of a counterclaim for inverse condemnation brought against the City of Chicago by bondholders after it brought an eminent domain action against...

Amaral v. Cintas Corp. No. 2

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Constitutional Law, Contracts, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Contracts, Labor & Employment Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Remedies
In an appeal presenting numerous legal issues concerning the constitutionality and application of a living wage ordinance which was enacted by a city...

Preserver Ins. Co. v. Ryba

Construction, Contracts, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Workers' Compensation
In a coverage dispute over a jobsite injury allegedly sustained by a construction worker presenting the question of whether an employer's liability...