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In re Groundwater Cases

Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability, Public Utilities, Water Law
On remand from the California Supreme Court, dismissal of plaintiffs' damages claims against two groups of water purveyor defendants -- one group...

Gaines v. Kelly

Banking Law, Contracts, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Injury & Tort Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a suit brought claiming breach of contract, fraud, and negligence, based on allegations that defendants' failure to fund a loan caused plaintiff...

In re H&R Block Fin. Advisors, Inc.

Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Injury & Tort Law, Securities Law
In a suit brought by two investors against their investment advisor and his firm after losing a substantial investment in the Enron debacle,...

Curley v. Klem

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a civil rights suit brought by a New York Port Authority officer and his wife against a New Jersey state trooper alleging he violated plaintiff's...

Peterson v. John Crane, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In suit alleging deceased husband's asbestosis and lung cancer were asbestos-related, judgment for defendant is affirmed over claims of plaintiff-wife...

Atlantic Sounding Co. v. Townsend

Admiralty, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In case involving a slip and fall injury to a seaman, denial of plaintiffs' motion to strike defendant's request for punitive damages is affirmed as...

Pisciotta v. Old Nat'l Bancorp

Banking Law, Class Actions, Contracts, Cyberspace Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a suit representing a putative class of people alleging that their personal information had been compromised as a result of a bank's failure to...

Compuware Corp. v. Moody's Inv. Servs., Inc.

Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Media Law
In a breach of contract and defamation action brought by a company against a financial publisher that analyzed and rated plaintiff, summary judgment...

Bennett v. City of Philadelphia

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Family Law, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
In 42 U.S.C. section 1983 and state law actions brought against a city, agency, social workers and others arising from one child's death and...

Rice v. White

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
In a wrongful death action, denial of defendants' posttrial motions requesting a new trial or a judgment notwithstanding the verdict is reversed...