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McOwen v. Grossman

Civil Procedure, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Professional Malpractice
In medical malpractice action, summary judgment for defendant physician is reversed as the trial court erred in ruling that the statute of limitations...

F:A.J. Kirkson v. Underwriters Labs., Inc.

Injury & Tort Law
In a suit alleging tortious interference and negligent misrepresentation by a product certification company during certification tests for a chimney...

Frahm v. US

Attorney's Fees, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In case involving settlement agreement between defendant IRS and plaintiff, a former IRS employee, judgment for defendant is affirmed over plaintiff's...

Nonnon v. The City of N.Y.

Civil Procedure, Environmental Law, Injury & Tort Law
In case involving the 81-acre Pelham Bay Landfill, denial of defendant city's motion to dismiss is affirmed as the motion, which included expert...

In the Matter of Eighth Judicial Dist. Asbestos Litigation

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In multi-defendant action, a new trial on liability and damages is warranted where the trial court's failure to disclose to all of the parties the...

Bennett v. Southwest Airlines Co.

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Transportation
In a suit over injuries suffered in an airline accident, defendants' petition for review is denied where the court did not overlook an argument of...

McAninch v. Wintermute

Banking Law, Civil Procedure, Contracts, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Securities Law
In a breach of contract action brought by former bank directors against their insurer, an insurer may not avoid its duty to indemnify under a D&O...

Episcopal Church Cases

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In dispute over church property where a local congregation of a general church seeks to disaffiliate itself from that general church and take the...

Best Van Lines, Inc. v. Walker

Civil Procedure, Cyberspace Law, Injury & Tort Law
In defamation action based on Iowa resident's comments on his website, dismissal of complaint based on lack of personal jurisdiction under New York's...

Pitt v. Dist. of Columbia

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
In false arrest case, partial grant of judgment as a matter of law for defendants, after split jury verdict for plaintiffs, is reversed as to: 1)...