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Wilmington Shipping Co. v. New England Life Ins. Co.

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Civil Procedure, Contracts, ERISA, Injury & Tort Law
Summary judgment for defendant on plaintiff's claim for breach of fiduciary duty under section 502(a)(2) of ERISA and state law claims is affirmed as...

In Re Katrina Canal Breaches Litigation

Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
In a consolidated suit by policyholders with property damaged by Hurricane Katrina alleging that the massive inundation of water into the city was the...

Smith v. The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.

Evidence, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In a suit alleging defective tire design after an automobile accident caused by a tire blowout, summary judgment for defendant is affirmed where the...

Brown v. ACMI Pop Division

Commercial Law, Copyright, Cyberspace Law, Entertainment Law, Injury & Tort Law, Intellectual Property
In a suit seeking damages and other relief in connection with defendant's display of photographic images of recording artist James Brown on...

Bergman v. Kelsey

Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Professional Malpractice
In a medical malpractice action arising from the death of a newborn from a Group B streptococcus (GBS) infection where the jury returned a verdict in...

E-Fab, Inc. v. Accountants, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law
In action for negligence, negligent misrepresentation, and breach of contract, sustaining of demurrer is reversed as, applying the delayed discovery...

Hall v. Time Warner, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Entertainment Law, Injury & Tort Law, Media Law
In case involving a former housekeeper of Marlon Brando's who was named in his will who sued a reporter for trespass and invasion of privacy, denial...

Smith v. Seacor Marine LLC

Admiralty, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Oil and Gas Law
In an action seeking contractual indemnity for sums a third-party defendant may owe to plaintiff, who was injured in an oilfield accident which...

Cambridge Toxicology Gp. Inc. v. Exnicios

Asset Forfeiture, Civil Procedure, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Sanctions
In a suit involving a contractual dispute between attorneys and a company hired as an expert witness, partial summary judgment for defendants and...

Edwards v. Hovensa, LLC

Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In plaintiff's personal injury action against his employer, denial of motion to compel arbitration on the ground that the relevant arbitration...