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Esquivel v. Worker's Comp. Appeals Bd.

Administrative Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
A ruling reversing a workers' compensation judge's findings and awards in favor of claimant is affirmed where the Worker's Compensation Appeals Board...

Pierre-Louis v. NewVac Corp.

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, International Law, Transportation
In a wrongful death action brought by survivors of passengers killed in a plane crash, dismissal of the action on forum non conveniens grounds in...

In re: Diet Drugs Prod. Liability Litig.

Attorney's Fees, Class Actions, Drugs & Biotech, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In multidistrict mass tort litigation concerning appetite suppressant drugs commonly known as fen-phen, district court's final award of attorneys'...

Loeffler v. Staten Island Univ. Hosp.

Civil Rights, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law
In an action alleging that defendant hospital failed to provide interpreting services to a patient and his wife (both deaf), so that their two...

Premium Mortgage Corp. v. Equifax, Inc.

Banking Law, Consumer Protection Law, Injury & Tort Law, Intellectual Property, Property Law & Real Estate, Trade Secrets
In an action for misappropriation of trade secrets against credit reporting agencies engaged in the practice of permitting lenders competing with...

Nelson v. Correctional Med. Servs.

Civil Rights, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action claiming that defendant prison personnel interfered with plaintiff's childbirth, denial of summary judgment to...

Pacheco v. Shelter Mut. Ins. Co.

Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
In an action for insurance proceeds arising out of a car accident, summary judgment for defendant-insurer is reversed where the policy's exclusion of...

Pacheco v. Shelter Mut. Ins. Co.

Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
In an action for insurance proceeds arising out of a car accident, summary judgment for defendant-insurer is reversed where the policy's exclusion of...

Loya v. Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc.

Admiralty, Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
In a tort action arising out of a scuba diving accident, the dismissal of the action on forum non conveniens grounds is affirmed where a claim...

Presbyterian Church of Sudan v. Talisman Energy, Inc.

Injury & Tort Law, International Law
In an action alleging that defendant participated in the Sudan government's violations of international law through genocide, war crimes, and crimes...