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Jones v. St. Paul Cos., Inc.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In proceedings arising from a Georgia state court action which involved claims which could have been but were not brought in a prior federal suit, a...

Darr v. Town of Telluride, Colorado

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Contracts, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 case brought arising from defendant-town's termination of plaintiff-deputy marshal, summary judgment for the town is...

Wilmington Shipping Co. v. New England Life Ins. Co.

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Civil Procedure, Contracts, ERISA, Injury & Tort Law
Summary judgment for defendant on plaintiff's claim for breach of fiduciary duty under section 502(a)(2) of ERISA and state law claims is affirmed as...

In Re Katrina Canal Breaches Litigation

Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
In a consolidated suit by policyholders with property damaged by Hurricane Katrina alleging that the massive inundation of water into the city was the...

Nat'l Ecological Found. v. Alexander

Contracts, Environmental Law, Government Law, Judgement Enforcement
Denial of a motion by the state of Tennessee to clarify its obligations under a 1985 consent decree regarding the state's plans to improve a stream is...

E-Fab, Inc. v. Accountants, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law
In action for negligence, negligent misrepresentation, and breach of contract, sustaining of demurrer is reversed as, applying the delayed discovery...

Nichols v. Enterasys Networks, Inc.

Contracts, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit alleging breach of a contractual agreement to pay plaintiff additional sales commissions based on a previous year's sales plan, summary...

Smith v. Seacor Marine LLC

Admiralty, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Oil and Gas Law
In an action seeking contractual indemnity for sums a third-party defendant may owe to plaintiff, who was injured in an oilfield accident which...

Cambridge Toxicology Gp. Inc. v. Exnicios

Asset Forfeiture, Civil Procedure, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Sanctions
In a suit involving a contractual dispute between attorneys and a company hired as an expert witness, partial summary judgment for defendants and...

O'Neill v. Kemper Ins. Cos.

Attorney's Fees, Contracts, Insurance Law, Professional Malpractice
In a suit over the obligation of an insurer to pay attorney's fees after an action against plaintiff for judicial misconduct, summary judgment for...