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Woods v. Union Pac. R.R. Co.

Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Transportation
In a negligence action filed under the Federal Employer's Liability Act (FELA) and the Federal Safety Appliance Act (SAA), grant of a directed verdict...

Nationwide Transp. Fin. v. Cass Info. Sys., Inc.

Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Contracts, Evidence, Injury & Tort Law, Transportation
In a finance company's action raising claims for intentional interference with contractual relationship, intentional interference with prospective...

Orem v. Rephann

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
In a civil rights action alleging excessive force, denial of summary judgement for defendant-deputy is affirmed where: 1) the use of a taser against...

Ackermann v. Wyeth Pharm.

Consumer Protection Law, Drugs & Biotech, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In case brought plaintiff-wife alleging that defendant failed to adequately warn about drug-induced risk of suicide from its drug Effexor, leading to...

Crocker v. Nat'l Union Fire Ins.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Debt Collection, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
In a case in which plaintiff sought to recover on the basis of a $1 million default judgment for a personal injury claim, summary judgment for...

Sanatass v. Consol. Investing Co., Inc.

Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Property Law & Real Estate
A property owner is liable for a violation of Labor Law section 240(1) which proximately caused injury to a worker, even though a tenant of the...

Rodriguez v. Bank of the West

Banking Law, Contracts, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Injury & Tort Law, Professional Malpractice, Remedies
In a case wherein a lawyer filed negligence claims against several banks after the lawyer's office manager opened bank accounts in the lawyer's name...

Loeb v. Record

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Injury & Tort Law
In a fee dispute between a law firm and its client wherein the client appealed an arbitration award in favor of the law firm, an order enforcing the...

Mora v. People of the State of New York

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, International Law, Remedies
A state-party's failure to fulfill its obligation to inform a detained alien of the prospect of consular notification and access, pursuant to Article...

Davignon v. Hodgson

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Evidence, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Remedies
In an action involving allegations that a sheriff's act of suspending several correctional officers from their jobs was in retaliation for First...