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Florida Birth-Related Neurological Injury Comp. Ass'n v. Dep't of Admin. Hearings

Civil Procedure, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Professional Malpractice
In a consolidated medical malpractice action, involving the Florida Birth-Related Neurological Injury Compensation Plan established by the...

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

Administrative Law, Drugs & Biotech, Evidence, Government Law, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law
In plaintiff's petition seeking compensation on behalf of her infant daughter under the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act, 42 U.S.C. sections...

Baker v. Nat'l Interstate Ins. Co.

Commercial Law, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
In an insurance coverage dispute arising from a wrongful death lawsuit involving a school bus accident where the driver was ejected from the bus when...

Demahy v. Actavis, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Drugs & Biotech, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In an action based on injuries plaintiff allegedly sustained by taking defendant's drug, a denial of defendant's motion to dismiss is affirmed where...

American Home Assur. Co. v. Pope

Contracts, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Professional Malpractice
In an action by an insurer seeking a declaration that it was not liable under a professional liability insurance policy for the acts of a psychologist...

Kiobel v. Millson

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Injury & Tort Law, International Law, Oil and Gas Law, Sanctions
In an appeal from an order pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 11 sanctioning defense counsel for making factual representations that lacked evidentiary...

Ferrell v. Express Check Advance of SC, LLC

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Consumer Protection Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a class action lawsuit against business entities that make payday loans, decision of the district court to remand the case to state court for lack...

Myers v. Central Fla. Invs., Inc.

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Remedies
In a battery and sexual harassment action, partial judgment for plaintiff and for defendants is affirmed where: 1) defendants failed to show that the...

Union Pac. R.R. Co. v. US

Contracts, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Transportation
In a Federal Tort Claims Act action by a railroad against the government based on the derailment of a train, judgment for plaintiff is reversed where:...

In re: Prempro Prods. Liab. Litig.

Civil Procedure, Drugs & Biotech, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In a products liability action concerning an allegedly defective hormone replacement drug, the district court's orders denying plaintiffs' motion to...