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Imperial Apparel Ltd. v. Cosmo's Designer Direct, Inc.

Commercial Law, Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a defamation complaint arising from the publication of a menswear store advertisement, the circuit court's dismissal of the complaint with...

Walk Haydel & Assocs. Inc. v. Coastal Power Prod. Co.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Injury & Tort Law, International Law, International Trade
In a suit brought by a Louisiana corporation against a Chicago-based law firm for fraud, breach of contract, and breach of fiduciary duty, grant of...

Avera v. Sec'y of Health & Hum. Servs.

Administrative Law, Attorney's Fees, Drugs & Biotech, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a case involving a dispute over the proper calculation and award of attorney's fees under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program, a...

Krinsky v. Doe 6

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Cyberspace Law, Evidence, Injury & Tort Law
In case involving an anonymous message board participant's scathing verbal attacks on plaintiff, a corporate officer of a Florida company, and where...

Gish v. Thomas

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
In case involving an unusual suicide by a prisoner committed in the backseat of a police car, summary judgment for defendants is affirmed as plaintiff...

In re: High Sulfur Content Gasoline Prods. Liability Litig.

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Injury & Tort Law, Oil and Gas Law, Product Liability
In a class action case arising in circumstances in which a refinery allegedly produced contaminated gasoline that was purchased and used by thousands...

Hinsley v. Standing Rock Child Protective Servs.

Administrative Law, Family Law, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
In an action brought under the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) alleging that defendant-agency negligently placed her half-brother in her home without...

Morris v. Halsey Enterprises Co., Ltd.

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In a suit to recover damages allegedly caused by a defective ceiling fan, denial of defendant's motion to quash service and dismiss for lack of...

Adamson v. Multi Cmty. Diversified Servs., Inc.

Civil Rights, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Tax-exempt Organizations
In a federal age and sex discrimination action against a non-profit corporate employer brought by plaintiffs-family members after they were...

People ex rel Grijalva v. Superior Ct. (United Water Conserv. Dist.)

Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
In action to recover fire fighting costs for fire that real parties admit starting and that burned two weeks and cost millions to combat, petition for...