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McLaurin v. Noble Drilling (US) Inc.

Admiralty, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
In a negligence action, summary judgment for defendant is reversed and remanded where: 1) a claim under section 905(b) of the Longshore and Harbor...

McLaurin v. Noble Drilling (US) Inc.

Admiralty, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
In a negligence action, summary judgment for defendant is reversed and remanded where: 1) a claim under section 905(b) of the Longshore and Harbor...

Gandara v. Bennett

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, International Law
A foreigner who has been arrested and detained in this country and alleges a violation of the consular notification provisions of the Vienna...

Santillan v. Roman Catholic Bishop of Fresno

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Remedies
In an action based on plaintiff's allegations of childhood sexual abuse by one of a Diocese's former clerics, summary judgment for defendant-Diocese...

Myers v. U.S.

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a suit for damages arising out of the alleged negligence of a postal employee whose mail truck struck plaintiffs' car, dismissal of the suit as...

Regan-Touhy v. Walgreen Co.

Civil Procedure, Evidence, Injury & Tort Law
In an action raising claims of unlawful disclosure of plaintiff's confidential medical information and emotional distress, summary judgment for...

Yount v. City of Sacramento

Civil Rights, Injury & Tort Law
The Court of Appeals reversal of the trial court's barring of the defendant's civil claims in an action under section 1983 and common law battery in a...

Batiste-Davis v. Lincare, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Evidence, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Remedies
In a Title VII suit brought against a former employer alleging wrongful termination of employment, judgment for employer is affirmed where: 1)...

N. Natural Gas Co. v. Nash Oil

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Oil and Gas Law
In an action for, inter alia, common law conversion and unjust enrichment arising out of alleged migration of plaintiff's stored gas to defendant's...

N. Natural Gas Co. v. Nash Oil

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Oil and Gas Law
In an action for, inter alia, common law conversion and unjust enrichment arising out of alleged migration of plaintiff's stored gas to defendant's...