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Vanhoy v. US

Government Law, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Remedies
A ruling requiring the government to make an immediate lump-sum payment of future medical care damages to plaintiff in a Federal Tort Claims Act...

Barksdale v. WMATA

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Transportation
In a case alleging negligence for injuries suistained while riding a subway station escalator, order remanding case back to the Superior Court of the...

Burdette v. Carrier Corp.

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In defamation action against former employer and its employees, which was brought after defendant employer brought a diversity action against...

Bogy v. Ford Motor Co.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law
In an action in which plaintiffs alleged that they were entitled to pursue damages arising from claims they released in settlement of a prior wrongful...

Jessen v. Mentor Corp.

Civil Procedure, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In product liability action, summary judgment for defendant is affirmed over plaintiff's claim that there is a triable issue of fact whether a...

Frastaci v. Vapor Corp.

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In suit brought by survivors of a railroad worker, sustaining of demurrer on state tort claims for asbestos-related injuries is affirmed as Scheiding...

Robinson v. Alter Barge Line, Inc.

Admiralty, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit over the defendant's termination of the plaintiff's employment on a barge after plaintiff reported that other crew members were using...

McAteer v. Silverleaf Resorts Inc.

ERISA, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
The Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), 29 U.S.C. sections 1001-1461, does not preempt state law claims of negligence for failing...

Scottsdale Ins. Co. v. Flowers

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a declaratory judgment action arising from a coverage dispute, an order granting plaintiff-insurer's motion for declaratory judgment is affirmed...

Bingue v. Prunchak

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
Police officers involved in all high-speed chases are entitled to qualified immunity under 42 U.S.C. section 1983 unless the plaintiff can prove that...