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Anderson v. Wachovia Mortgage Corp.

Banking Law, Civil Rights, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In African-American plaintiffs' suit against Wachovia under 42 U.S.C. section 1981 and various state law claims, claiming that certain conditions...

UFCW Local 1776 v. Eli Lilly & Co.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Consumer Protection Law, Contracts, Drugs & Biotech, Injury & Tort Law
In a putative class action against Eli Lilly, manufacturer of the drug Zyprexa, asserting a civil RICO violation predicated on mail fraud, conspiracy...

Broekelschen v. Sec'y of Health & Human Serv.

Drugs & Biotech, Government Law, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law
In plaintiff's petition for compensation under the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1996, the United States Court of Federal Claims'...

Bennett v. Islamic Repub. of Iran

Civil Procedure, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, International Law, Judgement Enforcement
In proceedings arising from a deadly bombing in Jerusalem, wherein plaintiffs sought to satisfy a default judgment against the Islamic Republic of...

Bowoto v. Chevron Corp.

Admiralty, Injury & Tort Law, Oil and Gas Law
In an action by protesters injured on defendant's oil platform in Nigeria, judgment for defendant is affirmed where: 1) the federal Death on the High...

Coons v. Indus. Knife Co., Inc.

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In plaintiff's suit under various state law product liability theories, for suffering a serious hand injury while changing an industrial paper-cutting...

Correia v. Feeney

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Injury & Tort Law
In plaintiff's suit against a police sergeant for violating his civil rights by means of false arrest and the use of excessive force, a denial of...

Kurns v. A.W. Chesterton Inc.

Constitutional Law, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Product Liability, Transportation
In plaintiffs' suit on behalf of a decedent, asserting a number of state law causes of action related to decedent's alleged exposure to asbestos...

Butler v. Yusem

Construction, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a dispute over an agreement to construct a commercial retail and office building, the Fourth District court's holding that failure to establish...

Wilcox v. Homestake Mining Co.

Civil Procedure, Evidence, Injury & Tort Law
In an action brought under the Price-Anderson Act, 42 U.S.C. section 2210, claiming that plaintiffs suffered cancer due to exposure to radiation from...