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In re Heritage Bond Litig.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Commercial Law, Corp. Governance, Injury & Tort Law, Securities Law
In a challenge to the scope of bar orders issued in securities class action settlements, bar orders forbidding all suits by non-settling defendant...

Wood v. Jamison

Attorney's Fees, Elder Law, Ethics & Disciplinary Code, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Evidence, Injury & Tort Law, Professional Malpractice
In a malpractice action brought by the trustee of 78-year old decedent for defendant-attorney's role in performing legal services for client who...

Fidelity and Guaranty Ins. Underwriters, Inc. v. Jasam Realty Corp.

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
Judgment declaring that plaintiff had properly canceled certain insurance policies and that it had no duty to defend or indemnify defendants with...

Dominguez v. Hendley

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 suit against a city and a police officer involved in investigating plaintiff for a sex crime for which he was later...

Wachovia Ins. Servs., Inc. v. Toomey

Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
Upon certified questions from the US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit in a case arising from the termination of two employment contracts, the...

Nixon v. Wilmington Trust Co.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Judgement Enforcement
In an action raising claims for breach of fiduciary duty, breach of contract, and respondeat superior liability against defendant-trustee, dismissal...

Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co. v. Sevcik

Evidence, Injury & Tort Law, Transportation
In a personal-injury suit arising out of a highway accident, jury award of damages is reversed and remanded where evidence of defendant's annual...

Adams v. YMCA of San Antonio

Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Remedies
In a negligent-hiring case against a summer camp whose employee sexually abused a camper, reversal of jury's award of damages for future mental...

Martinez-Partido v. Methodist Specialty and Transplant Hosp.

Injury & Tort Law, Professional Malpractice
In a medical malpractice case, reversal of a finding that plaintiff's required expert reports were adequate is vacated and remanded for consideration...

Mahaffey v. Gen. Sec. Ins. Co.

Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Transportation
In a dispute between two insurers over coverage for a commercial truck accident, summary judgment for defendant-trucking insurer is reversed where,...