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Brunsting v. Lutsen Mountains Corp.

Injury & Tort Law
In a personal injury action arising out of a skiing accident, summary judgment for defendant is reversed where: 1) the district court erred in its...

Knutson v. Fargo

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In an action arising out of flooding that occurred on plaintiffs' property, the dismissal of the complaint is affirmed where the district court was...

National Inspection & Repairs, Inc. v. George S. May Int'l. Co.

Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a breach of contract action, summary judgment for defendant, rejecting plaintiff's claims for breach of contract, fraudulent misrepresentation,...

Campbell v. BNSF Ry. Co.

Civil Procedure, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Transportation
In a negligence action wherein plaintiff alleged that he was an "employee" of defendant-railway for purposes of the Federal Employers' Liability Act...

Tamburo v. Dworkin

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Civil Procedure, Cyberspace Law, Injury & Tort Law
In an antitrust and intentional tort action arising out of a dispute over the contents of a dog-pedigree software program plaintiff developed by...

Guirlando v. T.C. Ziraat Bankasi A.S.

Banking Law, Civil Procedure, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, International Law
In an action for negligence and breach of fiduciary duty in enabling plaintiff's husband to withdraw most of her life savings from a newly established...

Swahn Group, Inc. v. Segal

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Injury & Tort Law, Professional Malpractice
In a legal malpractice action alleging malpractice by defendants in an underlying breach of contract case, dismissal of the action is reversed where...

Regents of the Univ. of Cal. v. Superior Court

Education Law, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law
In an action against the Regents of the University of California for negligence because of alleged wrongdoing and mishandling of donated bodies by the...

American Honda Motor Co. v. Allen

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Evidence, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In a class action alleging that a Honda motorcycle had a design defect that prevented the adequate dampening of "wobble," a grant of plaintiff's...

Fox v. Hayes

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action claiming that defendants arrested and prosecuted plaintiff without probable cause and in violation of his due...