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Nationwide Insurance Co. v. Elchehimi

Administrative Law, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
In a breach of contract suit stemming from denial of insurance coverage on a claim arising from a collision between an insured vehicle and an...

Mission Independent School District v. Garcia et. al.

Administrative Law, Civil Rights, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
The Tort Claims Act's election-of-remedies provision under Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code section 101.106 applies to bar common-law claims for...

Calderon v. Residential Homes of Am., Inc.

Civil Procedure, Evidence, Injury & Tort Law
In a negligence action arising from injuries sustained while plaintiff was performing construction work in a housing development, summary judgment for...

Landau v. CNA Fin. Corp.

Consumer Protection Law, False Advertising, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Remedies
In a nation-wide class action against defendants for alleged deceptive business practices and resulting damages in violation of the Illinois Consumer...

Lisowski v. MacNeal Mem'l Hosp. Ass'n

Civil Procedure, Evidence, Injury & Tort Law, Professional Malpractice
In a negligence action arising from a surgical incident, grant of plaintiff's motion for a new trial is reversed and remanded where: 1) jury verdicts...

Flores v. Autozone West, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action arising from damages caused by an employee's physical assault of a customer at defendant-employer's store after the customer spoke to him...

In Re City of New York

Admiralty, Injury & Tort Law, Transportation
In a tort action arising out of a ferry crash into a maintenance pier, a bench trial judgment which found the city negligent and denied limitations of...

Garcia v. Paramount Citrus Assn., Inc.

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a tort action against a private landowner for injuries sustained from a traffic accident alleging that landowner owed a duty to place a warning on...

In re "Agent Orange" Prod. Liab. Litig.

Civil Procedure, Government Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Military Law, Product Liability
In a products liability action arising from the alleged injuries, mostly forms of cancer, caused by veterans' exposure to the chemical defoliant...

Progressive Cas. Ins. Co. v. Owen

Commercial Law, Contracts, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
In coverage dispute involving a commercial auto insurance policy brought by plaintiff-insurer against defendant, former vice-president, secretary, and...