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Med. Liab. Mut. Ins. Co. v. Alan Curtis LLC

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Elder Law, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Professional Malpractice
In an action brought by an insurer seeking a declaratory judgment regarding its duties to defend and indemnify defendants against claims in an...

Parks v. CNAC-Joliet, Inc.

Commercial Law, Consumer Protection Law, Contracts, Debt Collection
In a suit for monetary damages resulting from defendant's improper notice of the sale of plaintiff's automobile, judgment in favor of defendant is...

Int'l B'hood of Teamsters v. N. Am. Airlines

Contracts, Labor & Employment Law, Transportation
Section 2, First of the Railway Labor Act (RLA), 45 U.S.C. section 152 First, read in conjunction with other provisions of the RLA, does not impose a...

Norwegian Bulk Transport A/S v. Int'l Marine Terminals P'ship

Admiralty, Commercial Law, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Transportation
In an action brought for breach of a maritime contract and tort, a judgment dismissing plaintiff's complaint is affirmed for the reasons given by the...

Cal. Back Specialists Med. Group v. Rand

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law
Denial of special motion to strike complaint as a SLAPP suit is affirmed over claims that: 1) the complaint arose from protected activity; 2)...

Am. Savings Bank, F.A. v. US

Banking Law, Contracts, Government Contracts, Government Law, Remedies
In a Winstar-related case arising from the enactment of the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act of 1989 (FIRREA), a judgment...

Brown & Bain, P.A. v. O'Quinn

Contracts, Environmental Law, Ethics & Professional Responsibility
In a suit brought by a Phoenix law firm, against a Houston law firm for fees owed to it on the termination of a lawsuit, a judgment for plaintiff is...

Schlotzsky's, Ltd. v. Sterling Purchasing & Nat'l Distrib. Co., Inc.

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Attorney's Fees, Bankruptcy Law, Commercial Law, Contracts, Intellectual Property, Remedies
A judgment in favor of a restaurant franchisor on claims brought against a food distributor under the Lanham Act is affirmed over distributor's claims...

Marcy v. Rowan Cos. Inc.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Environmental Law, Government Law, Oil and Gas Law
In an action plaintiff brought on behalf of the U.S. under the False Claims Act alleging that while he was employed on defendants' offshore drilling...

Bisla v. Parvaiz

Contracts, Labor & Employment Law
In the matter of an employment dispute between physicians, denial of plaintiff's motion for preliminary injunction to prevent defendant from...