all - Opinion Summaries

Cold Creek Compost, Inc. v. State Farm Fire & Cas. Co.

Agriculture, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
In insurance coverage dispute, summary judgment for defendant is affirmed where pollution exclusion in policies bars coverage for liability for...

Hosp. for Joint Diseases v. Traveler's Prop. Cas. Ins. Co.

Contracts, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
In action by plaintiff hospital to recover no-fault insurance benefits for services rendered to a patient injured in a motor vehicle accident, the...

Gardner v. UICI

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Attorney's Fees, Consumer Protection Law, Contracts, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
In an action against defendants raising numerous causes of action based on the sale of the health insurance coverage, an award of fees and costs to...

Stiver v. Good & Fair Carting & Moving, Inc.

Contracts, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Transportation
New York State motor vehicle inspection stations cannot be held liable for failing to detect safety-related problems in inspected cars, and a third...

Skirchak v. Dynamics Research Corp.

Class Actions, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Labor & Employment Law
A decision striking a class action waiver contained in a company-imposed arbitration/dispute resolution program, is affirmed on grounds of...

Midwest Builders v. Lord and Essex

Construction, Contracts
In a breach of contract dispute between a cabinet maker and a homebuilder, judgement in favor of plaintiff cabinet maker is affirmed over claims that:...

Navigant Consulting Inc. v. Wilkinson

Attorney's Fees, Contracts, Labor & Employment Law, Remedies, Trade Secrets
In an action brought against two of plaintiff-consulting company's former employees alleging, inter alia, breach of fiduciary duty, breach of...

Mazur v. Young

Contracts, Property Law & Real Estate
Under Michigan law, a judgment for possession after forfeiture extinguishes a land contract, leaving no legal basis for a seller to pursue further...

Raffelini v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co.

Contracts, Insurance Law
A "serious injury" exclusion in a supplementary uninsured/underinsured motorist endorsement to an automobile liability policy is enforceable.

Liberty Mut. Ins. Co. v. Mid-Continent Ins. Co.

Contracts, Insurance Law
In a suit between two liability insurers in which plaintiff-Liberty Mutual sought to recover from defendant a portion of the sums it paid to settle a...