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State of NC v. Tennessee Valley Auth.

Constitutional Law, Environmental Law, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
In common-law nuisance action contending coal plants emit various pollutants which travel through the atmosphere into North Carolina, adversely...

Rush v. Wyeth

Drugs & Biotech, Evidence, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In a case which is part of multi-district litigation (MDL) on Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) alleging that defendant's products, Premarin and...

Oberson v. US Dep't of Agric.

Administrative Law, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
In plaintiffs' action against the government under the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) alleging the Forest Service negligently failed to correct or...

Cornhusker Cas. Ins. Co. v. Kachman

Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
In an insurer's declaratory judgment action involving coverage for an accident that resulted in the death of defendant's wife, an appeal from summary...

Bullock v. Philip Morris USA, Inc.

Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In suit by cigarette smoker against manufacturer for products liability and fraud, verdict for plaintiff awarding compensatory and punitive damages is...

Solis v. County of Los Angeles

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
In a pro se civil action brought by a former inmate at a jail alleging constitutional violations stemming from his transfer into the jail's "gang...

AST Sports Science, Inc. v. CLF Distrib. Ltd.

Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law
In a contract and tort suit brought against defendants claiming they failed to pay for products received from plaintiff, grant of defendants' motion...

Doe v. Salesian Soc'y

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
In suit alleging that plaintiffs were victims of childhood sexual molestation by one of defendant's priests, summary judgment for defendants is...

Avivi v. Centro Medico Urgente Med. Ctr.

Evidence, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Professional Malpractice
In a medical malpractice suit, summary judgment for defendants is reversed where plaintiff's expert disclosed sufficient familiarity with similar...

Turner v. US

Civil Procedure, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Professional Malpractice
The district court erred in exercising jurisdiction over parents' FTCA claims on behalf of a minor child. Moreover, the Naval Hospital Jacksonville is...