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Williams v. The City of Evanston

Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a suit arising from an injury accident where a City ambulance collided with plaintiff's vehicle, granting of defendants' motion for summary...

Sabados v. Planned Parenthood of Greater Indiana

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
In a medical negligence action, denial of defendant's motion to dismiss for lack of jurisdiction pursuant to section 2-209 of the Code of Civil...

Ploense v. Electrolux Home Products, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
In an action alleging civil conspiracy to suppress knowledge of the harmful health effects of chrome, denial of defendant's motion to dismiss the...

XL Specialty Ins. Co. v. Kiewit Offshore Servs., Ltd.

Construction, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
A declaratory judgment ruling that plaintiff-insurance company had a duty to defend and indemnify defendant-general contractor in an underlying state...

Frett-Smith v. Vanterpool

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, International Law
For purposes of diversity jurisdiction, only the American nationality of a dual national is recognized. In a diversity suit arising when a light...

DiCola v. White Bros. Performance Prods., Inc.

Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In suit for wrongful death and products liability stemming from an accident that allegedly occurred when a motorcycle side stand failed to retract,...

Foster v. Johnson

Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
In an action for damages sustained from a battery which the defendant allegedly committed against the plaintiff while both parties were at work as...

Mesman v. Crane Pro Servs.

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In a products liability suit against a company that rebuilt a crane involved in an accident, judgment for defendant is affirmed where a misleading...

Sloane v. Equifax Info. Servs., LLC

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Consumer Protection Law, Injury & Tort Law, Remedies
In action against credit reporting service for alleged violations of the Fair Credit Reporting Act, judgment for plaintiff is reversed in part where...

Orlak v. Loyola Univ. Health System

Civil Procedure, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Professional Malpractice
In an action arising from defendants' alleged failure to advise plaintiff that she may have contracted hepatitis C from a blood transfusion that she...