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936 Second Avenue L.P. v. Second Corporate Dev. Co., Inc.

Contracts, Landlord Tenant Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a lease dispute involving the issue of whether the net lease itself must be considered by appraisers in valuing the demised premises for purposes...

Auto-Owners Ins. Co. v. Pozzi Window Co.

Commercial Law, Construction, Contracts, Insurance Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In proceedings involving a certified question from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, the case is returned to the Eleventh Circuit...

Phillips v. Prairie Eye Ctr.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Labor & Employment Law
In a lawsuit brought by a Massachusetts plaintiff claiming defendant breached an alleged employment contract entered in and for a job in Illinois,...

Engel v. Loyfman

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Contracts
An order granting defendant's motion to vacate an agreed settlement order in his suit to enforce an attorney retainer agreement and the court's sua...

Casablanca Trax, Inc. v. Trax Records, Inc.

Contracts, Debt Collection, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
Denial of a motion for arbitration arising from a claim for breach of contract brought under a joint venture agreement, which included an arbitration...

Amaral v. Cintas Corp. No. 2

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Constitutional Law, Contracts, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Contracts, Labor & Employment Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Remedies
In an appeal presenting numerous legal issues concerning the constitutionality and application of a living wage ordinance which was enacted by a city...

Preserver Ins. Co. v. Ryba

Construction, Contracts, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Workers' Compensation
In a coverage dispute over a jobsite injury allegedly sustained by a construction worker presenting the question of whether an employer's liability...

Pachter v. Bernard Hodes Group, Inc.

Contracts, Labor & Employment Law
An "executive" falls within the ambit of the protections afforded to "employees" under sections 190 and 193 of the Labor Law. Also, the determination...

Liberty Mut. Fire Ins. Co. v. LCL Administrators, INC.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Evidence, Insurance Law, Sanctions, Workers' Compensation
In a breach of contract action to recover workers' compensation insurance premiums, wherein defendant repeatedly provided vacuous, meaningless...

Bilbe v. Belsom

Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In an action brought by plaintiff arising from defendant's payment of homeowners insurance under the Water Damage Exclusion, which limited the amount...