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

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
In an insurance claims case related to a personal injury action, judgment for plaintiff-insurer is vacated and remanded where: 1) the district court's...

Columbia Cas. Co. v. Georgia & Florida Railnet Inc.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law, Transportation
Declaratory judgment that defendant-railroad had no coverage under an insurance policy issued by plaintiff for a former employee's claims of injury is...

McKesson Corp. v. Islamic Republic of Iran

Commercial Law, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, International Law, International Trade
In a suit alleging that Iran unlawfully expropriated plaintiff's investment in an Iranian dairy company, judgment for plaintiffs is reversed where: 1)...

JCB, Inc. v. Union Planters Bank, N.A.

Banking Law, Commercial Law, Debt Collection, Injury & Tort Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Remedies
In an action against defendant-bank seeking a declaratory judgment and damages for trespass and conversion for unilateral removal and sale of...

RWB Servs., LLC v. Hartford Computer Group, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a suit alleging civil RICO violations in a commercial lending agreement, judgment of dismissal is reversed where plaintiff properly pleaded that...

In Re: S. Scrap Material Co. LLC

Admiralty, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Transportation
In an action in which the United States sought to bring a personal liability claim under the Wreck Act for removal of a sunken drydock, a judgment...

N. Am. Specialty Ins. Co. v. Royal Surplus Lines Ins. Co.

Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
In a dispute between primary and excess insurers arising out of a tort suit against a nursing home, summary judgment for defendants is affirmed where:...

Swiger v. Allegheny Energy, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a tort suit asserting numerous state-law claims, dismissal for lack of federal diversity jurisdiction is affirmed where a federal district court...

Uhm v. Humana Inc.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Drugs & Biotech, Government Benefits, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
In a contract, tort, and consumer protection law action brought by Medicare beneficiaries against a Medicare drug benefit program provider and its...

State of California v. Altus Fin., S.A.

Civil Procedure, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Remedies
In an action arising from the 1991 insolvency and subsequent rehabilitation of an insurer following the largest insurance failure in California...