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In re: Hanford Nuclear Reservation Litig.

Civil Procedure, Environmental Law, Evidence, Government Contracts, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Military Law, Product Liability
In an action brought by residents claiming that emissions from a plutonium-production facility operated by defendants caused various cancers and other...

Rohde v. Wolf

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Probate, Trusts & Estates
In defamation action against an heir's attorney arising from an inheritance dispute between a brother and sister concerning the distribution of their...

Barrow v. Abramowicz

Civil Procedure, Evidence, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Professional Malpractice
In a medical malpractice case, a jury verdict finding defendant-doctor negligent in his care of decedent, but not liable for his death because his...

Proctor v. Fluor Enters., Inc.

Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In diversity case involving manufacturing plant accident, denial of motion for a new trial is reversed where the district court's erroneous exclusion...

Foster v. Hill

Civil Procedure, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a personal injury suit against a federal employee, appeal of the denial of plaintiff's petition to substitute the U.S. as a defendant is dismissed...

Souders v. S. Carolina Pub. Serv. Auth.

Civil Procedure, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Public Utilities, Water Law
In lawsuits filed by plaintiffs against a South Carolina public utility company raising claims of negligence, trespass, and inverse...

Giles v. Gen. Motors Acceptance Corp.

Commercial Law, Contracts, Debt Collection, Injury & Tort Law
In cases raising tort and contract claims brought by owners and operators of car dealerships against General Motors Acceptance Corporation (GMAC)...

HOK Sport, Inc. v. FC Des Moines, L.C.

Construction, Contracts, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Evidence, Injury & Tort Law, Sports Law
In action for unjust enrichment and breach of contract concerning a contract for the design of a sport facility for a soccer club, a judgment pursuant...

Kuhn v. Sulzer Orthopedics, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability, Professional Malpractice
Following entry of an order enjoining plaintiffs from obtaining certain discovery from defendant and from prosecuting certain claims in a state court...

Lockhart-Bembery v. Sauro

Attorney's Fees, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a civil rights action arising from circumstances in which plaintiff was injured while moving her disabled vehicle, per defendant-officer's...