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Galvin v. Eli Lilly & Co.

Drugs & Biotech, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In suit alleging plaintiff suffered injuries resulting from her exposure to Diethylstilbesterol manufactured by defendant, summary judgment for...

Bay Area Healthcare Group, Ltd. v. McShane

Evidence, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Professional Malpractice
In a medical malpractice case brought to recover for injuries that plaintiffs' daughter allegedly sustained during her birth at one of defendant's...

Borg-Warner Corp. v. Flores

Evidence, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
A person's exposure to "some" respirable fibers is not sufficient to show that a product containing asbestos was a substantial factor in causing...

Ehrenfeld v. Mahfouz

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, International Law
In declaratory relief action seeking declaration that defendant Saudi citizen could not prevail on a libel claim against plaintiff author under New...

Am. Home Assurance Co. v. Pope

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Contracts, Criminal Law & Procedure, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
In a declaratory judgment action brought by an insurer regarding its duty to defend or indemnify a psychologist in an underlying suit brought by...

Gillen v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Ins. Co.

Contracts, Government Benefits, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
In a claim for full payment under an uninsured motorist policy for the death of a Chicago fire paramedic struck by an uninsured motorist after...

People ex rel. Dir. of Corr. v. Booth

Civil Procedure, Criminal Law & Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
In a suit by the Department of Corrections to recover the cost of incarceration, with regard to a motion for issuance of an order for attachment...

Arthur v. Catour

Evidence, Injury & Tort Law
In a personal injury action, partial summary judgment limiting the plaintiff's damage claim to the reduced amount paid for medical services rather...

Rath v. Carbondale Nursing and Rehab. Center, Inc.

Elder Law, Injury & Tort Law
Judgment for plaintiff on a claim for damages pursuant to the Nursing Home Care Act alleging various negligent acts by the defendant is affirmed...

McNamee v. Sandore

Injury & Tort Law
Summary judgment in favor of defendants in a claim that defendant provided negligent obstetric care to plaintiff's wife which resulted in birth...