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Lafferty v. St. Riel

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
In a personal injury case that had been transferred from one venue to another, judgment on the pleadings holding that recovery was barred because the...

Lyles v. California

Civil Procedure, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In action for inverse condemnation and nuisance for damages to residential property allegedly caused by an inadequate drainage system, orders granting...

Taylor v. Pekin Ins. Co.

Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
In a complaint for declaratory judgment seeking a declaration of the rights and duties of defendant under the contract of insurance issued by...

Indus. Risk Insurers v. Port Auth. of N.Y. & N.J.

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In case involving the payment of more than $400 million in property loss in the destruction of 7 World Trade Center, a building adjacent to the Twin...

Zipperer v. Raytheon Co., Inc.

Contracts, ERISA, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit asserting state law claims of negligence, equitable estoppel and negligent misrepresentation against plaintiff's former employer after the...

McCoy v. City of Shreveport

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
Dismissal of black female former police lieutenant's employment discrimination suit against a city is affirmed where: 1) adverse summary judgment on...

Britton v. Dallas Airmotive

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In case involving helicopter crash in Idaho, stay of action in favor of litigation in Idaho on the ground of forum non conveniens is affirmed as the...

Evard v. S. Cal. Edison

Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In suit for injuries suffered by an employee of an independent contractor hired by billboard owners, summary judgment for defendant billboard ownhers...

Meals v. City of Memphis

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
In a civil rights action raising claims based on a high-speed police pursuit and a subsequent motor vehicle collision which resulted in the death...

Fisher v. NOS Communications

Civil Procedure, Communications Law, Consumer Protection Law, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law
In an appeal arising from Multidistrict Litigation brought against defendants-telecommunications companies offering interstate service by customers...