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Kurwa v. Harrington, Foxx, Dubrow & Canter, LLP

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Contracts, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In case involving opthalmology practice where one of the physician owners had his license suspended and other owner physician had law firm send letter...

Steelman v. Hirsch

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Labor & Employment Law
In case involving dispute between former domestic partners over wages and ownership of dog-grooming business, "Hair of the Dog", summary judgment for...

Fields v. Klein

Attorney's Fees, Contracts, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Injury & Tort Law
A judgment awarding appellant's prior counsel a contingency fee in a matter arising from a motorcycle accident is reversed where appellant discharged...

Schatz v. Allen Matkins Leck Gamble & Mallory LLP

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
Denial of defendant's motion to compel binding arbitration following nonbinding arbitration under the mandatory fee arbitration act, and denial of...

London Mkt. Insurers v. Superior Ct. (Truck Ins. Exch.)

Contracts, Insurance Law, Product Liability
As used in the policies at issue, the term "occurrence" in a commercial general liability policy as applied to bodily injuries caused by exposure to...

Kubow v. Hartford Cas. Ins. Co.

Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
In a coverage dispute, summary judgment against an insured, whose policy had expired 3 days before his music store was struck by fire, is affirmed...

Treiber &Straub, Inc v. United Parcel Serv., Inc.

Commercial Law, Contracts, Insurance Law, Transportation
Summary judgment for package carrier in a suit over the denial of insurance payments for a lost package of unusual value is affirmed where the carrier...

Call v. Ameritech Mgmt. Pension Plan

Contracts, ERISA, Labor & Employment Law
Judgment for plaintiff in a ERISA case concerning early retirement benefits following a plan amendment is affirmed where the administrator of the plan...

MedImmune, Inc. v. Genentech, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Drugs & Biotech, Intellectual Property, Patent
Dismissal of a drug manufacturer's patent and contract declaratory judgment action, for lack of subject-matter jurisdiction, is reversed where...

Bexar County Hosp. Dist. v. Factory Mut. Ins. Co.

Commercial Law, Contracts, Health Law, Insurance Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a breach of contract case which alleged that insurer improperly calculated the deductible applicable to a claim a hospital made on its property...