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Nickon v. City of Princeton

Injury & Tort Law
In a negligence action based on injuries plaintiff sustained when he tripped and fell on a sidewalk resulting in a verdict in favor of plaintiff,...

Burgess v. Brooks

Injury & Tort Law, Workers' Compensation
In the matter of a motion to determine the amount of the State's Workers' Compensation lien on a personal injury settlement, a ruling that the...

Morton v. Wagner

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
Order designating defendant a vexatious litigant is reversed where: 1) the prior litigation brought by defendant has not been of the nature...

Depositors Ins. Co. v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Product Liability
In an action alleging product liability, implied warranty of merchantability, and negligence claims arising from a fire allegedly caused by either an...

Smith v. Louis Joliet Shoppingtown, L.P.

Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Workers' Compensation
In a personal injury action based on injuries plaintiff sustained while on defendant's premises, adjudication of the workers' compensation lien to an...

Am. Family Mut. Ins. Co. v. Jeris

Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
In a suit seeking a declaration that a policy issued by plaintiff insurance company did not provide uninsured motorist coverage where defendant was...

Truong v. Nguyen

Injury & Tort Law
The doctrine of primary assumption of risk bars a claim for the wrongful death of a passenger who tragically died as a result of a collision between...

Edwards v. Lexington Ins. Co.

Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Product Liability
In a suit to recover a personal injury award from a company's insurer after the company declared bankruptcy, summary judgment for defendant-insurer is...

In re: Smith

Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
Orders granting Chapter 7 trustee's motion to remove special personal injury counsel and denying debtor's motion to dismiss her bankruptcy action are...

Knapp Med. Ctr. v. De La Garza

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Judgement Enforcement
A court of appeals' judgment, which affirmed a trial court's judgment for damages in contract and fraud arising out of an oral settlement dispute, is...