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Jones v. Illinois Cent. R.R. Co.

Civil Procedure, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Sanctions, Transportation
In plaintiff's negligence action against defendant-railroad company arising from a collision between plaintiff's husband's vehicle and a train owned...

Combo Maritime, Inc. v. U.S. United Bulk Terminal, LLC

Admiralty, Injury & Tort Law, Transportation
In an action for contribution and indemnity, and property damage, based on a barge breakaway, summary judgment for third-party defendant is reversed...

Eli Lilly & Co. v. Air Express Int'l. USA, Inc.

Contracts, Drugs & Biotech, Transportation
In an action concerning the spoliation of temperature-sensitive insulin products, which were shipped by air from France to Indiana and were exposed to...

Wolin v. Jaguar Land Rover N. Am. LLC

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Consumer Protection Law, Transportation
In a class action alleging that Land Rover's LR3 vehicles suffer from an alignment geometry defect that caused tires to wear prematurely, the denial...

Szekeres v. CSX Transp. Inc.

Civil Procedure, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Transportation
In plaintiff's action against his employer under the Federal Employers' Liability Act (FELA) and the Locomotive Inspection Act (LIA), district court's...

Frederick v. Swift Transp. Co.

Injury & Tort Law, Transportation
In a personal injury action arising out of a truck accident, judgment for plaintiff is affirmed where: 1) although the driver ingested methamphetamine...

Owner-Operator Indep. Drivers Ass'n v. Mayflower Transit, LLC

Civil Procedure, Transportation
In a suit by owner-operators of leased trucks against a carrier pursuant to 49 U.S.C. section 14704(a)(2), claiming that a chargeback violates 49...

Pace v. CSX Transp., Inc

Injury & Tort Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Transportation
In a nuisance claim stemming from defendant's construction and use of a side track adjacent to property owned by plaintiffs, summary judgment for...

Onoh v. Northwest Airlines, Inc.

Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Transportation
In a state-law breach-of-contract and intentional-infliction-of-emotional-distress action against an airline, the dismissal of the complaint is...

Alliance 3PL Corp. v. New Prime, Inc.

Commercial Law, Contracts, Transportation
In plaintiff's breach of contract suit against a shipping carrier, for allegedly violating a back-solicitation clause by carrying bulk goods for one...