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Sokol Holdings, Inc. v. BMB Munai, Inc.

Commercial Law, Contracts, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Injury & Tort Law, International Law, Oil and Gas Law
In a contract issue in which corporate plaintiff alleged that defendants wrongfully induced counterparty, with whom plaintiffs contracted, to breach...

Walter v. Pike County, Pennsylvania

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a suit alleging due-process violations under 42 U.S.C. section 1983 and wrongful death and survival claims against town and county officials,...

Brehm v. 21st Century Ins. Co.

Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
In insuree-plaintiff's claim to recover medical expenses from insurer-defendant after serious injuries sustained in a traffic accident, dismissal of...

McCleery v. Consol. Edison of New York

Injury & Tort Law, Public Utilities
In a personal-injury suit, summary judgment for defendants is reversed where plaintiff presented issues of fact as to how his foot was crushed and...

Reid v. Kohl's Dep't Stores, Inc.

Injury & Tort Law
In a slip-and-fall suit against a department store, summary judgment for defendant is affirmed where plaintiff did not meet her burden to show that...

Thabault v. Chait

Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Professional Malpractice, Remedies
In a malpractice case accusing an accounting firm of failing to warn an insurer that it was near insolvency, leading to the insurer's ultimate...

3M Co. v. Amtex Sec., Inc.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Injury & Tort Law
When a motion to compel arbitration and a motion for a stay are brought separately, they should be treated individually and the resulting order...

Harvey v. Grey Wolf Drilling Co.

Civil Procedure, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Oil and Gas Law
In a negligence suit by surviving family members against a decedent's employer, dismissal for lack of complete diversity between the parties is...

Newby v. Enron Corp.

Corporation & Enterprise Law, Injury & Tort Law, Securities Law
In securities-fraud litigation surrounding the collapse of Enron Corp., denials of motions for leave to file suits in state court are affirmed in part...

Dummar v. Lummis

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Probate, Trusts & Estates
In a case involving the estate of the late billionaire Howard Hughes alleging that defendants deprived plaintiff of his inheritance by conspiring to...