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Charles Brooks Co. v. Georgia-Pacific, LLC

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a suit by independent contractors asserting various tort and contract claims against a logging company, dismissal of the action is affirmed where...

Werner Enters., Inc. v. Westwind Maritime Int'l, Inc.

Commercial Law, Contracts, Insurance Law, Transportation
In an action to recover the full value of a shipment of lost cell phones under the Carmack Amendment to the Interstate Commerce Act, summary judgment...

INEOS Polymers Inc. v. BASF Aktiengesellsch

Contracts, Injury & Tort Law
In a suit between chemical companies for breach of contract and tortious interference with contractual rights, dismissal of the complaint is reversed...

Armstrong v. LaSalle Bank Nat'l Ass'n

Civil Procedure, Contracts, ERISA, Labor & Employment Law
In a consolidated multidistrict suit alleging violations of ERISA, breaches of fiduciary duty, breach of contract and conversion, grant of plaintiffs'...

Paduano v. Am. Honda Co., Inc.

Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Consumer Protection Law, Contracts, Environmental Law, False Advertising
In a breach of warranty and deceptive advertising case over the fuel efficiency of a Honda Civic Hybrid, summary judgment for defendant was affirmed...

Mass. Eye & Ear Infirmary v. QLT Phototherapeutics, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Contracts, Intellectual Property, Patent, Remedies
In a case interpretting the Massachusetts unjust enrichment and restitution law, a jury grant of unjust enrichment awards for trade secret related...

Travelers Cas. and Sur. Co. of Am. v. Brenneke

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Remedies
In a suit to recover on an indemnity agreement, summary judgment for plaintiff is affirmed where: 1) the defendant was validly served under the...

Specialty Rental Tools & Supply, LP v. Shoemaker

Contracts, Labor & Employment Law
Suit to enforce a covenant not to compete was properly dismissed with prejudice. Because the term of Defendant's employment simply expired under the...

Prospect Med. Group, Inc. v. Northridge Emergency Med. Group

Consumer Protection Law, Contracts, Health Law, Insurance Law
In a case involving the propriety of emergency room doctors' practice of "balance billing" of patients who are members of HMOs (but whose HMO's did...

CP Solutions PTE, Ltd. v. Gen. Elec. Co.

Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Contracts, International Law
In a commercial contract dispute, dismissal of plaintiff's complaint for lack of subject matter jurisdiction is reversed and remanded where: 1)...