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SC Manufactured Homes, Inc. v. Liebert

Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Consumer Protection Law, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Injury & Tort Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Remedies
In an appeal involving allegations that a mobilehome park and a number of mobilehome dealers were involved in an illegal arrangement whereby...

Advanced Bodycare Solutions, LLC v. Thione Int'l, Inc.

Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability, Remedies
The Federal Arbitration Act does not permit enforcement of a contract clause requiring an aggrieved party, prior to filing a lawsuit, to institute...

Williams v. Gerber Prods. Co.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Consumer Protection Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a class action alleging deceptive marketing of a food product for toddlers, dismissal of the suit is reversed where: 1) deficiencies in appellants'...

Fogarty v. Gallegos

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
In an interlocutory appeal involving an action against a city's police officers alleging constitutional violations under 42 U.S.C. section 1983 and...

Loman v. Freeman

Injury & Tort Law
In a suit for negligence and conversion based upon an allegedly unauthorized surgery on a racehorse that rendered the horse unable to race, dismissal...

Lewis v. Sch. Dist. #70

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Education Law, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit against an employer and officers of the employer alleging violations of the Family and Medical Leave Act as well as state contract and tort...

B&G Mining, Inc. v. Director, Office of Workers' Comp. Programs

Attorney's Fees, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
In a black-lung benefits case in which the claimant received an award of benefits against his employer-mining company and its insurer, awards of...

Torres-Lazarini v. US

Evidence, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Professional Malpractice
In a medical malpractice suit brought under the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) wherein plaintiff alleged that the medical staff at a Puerto Rican...

Harbury v. Hayden

Civil Procedure, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, International Law
In a suit alleging that members of the U.S. government were responsible for the torture and death of a Guatemalan rebel fighter, dismissal of...

Platt Elec. Supply, Inc. v. EOFF Elec., Inc.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Commercial Law, Consumer Protection Law, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability, Tax-exempt Organizations
In an action alleging defendant, a non-profit consumer safety group, negligently misrepresented and fraudulently concealed that defective in-wall...