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Bank of Louisiana v. Aetna US Healthcare Inc.

Banking Law, Contracts, ERISA, Insurance Law
Summary judgment for defendant, plan administrator and stop-loss insurer, pursuant to a holding that a bank-s state law claims of detrimental...

Noughton v. Hooker

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
Dismissal for failure to prosecute of a complaint alleging breach of contract against defendants is reversed where defendants effectively abandoned...

Kline v. Gulf Ins. Co.

Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
A judgment holding that an insurance company was not liable, beyond the terms of its original insurance contract with a trucking company, for an...

Sadler v. Green Tree Servicing, LLC

Banking Law, Contracts, Debt Collection, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Injury & Tort Law, Property Law & Real Estate
Denial of defendant-loan servicer's motion to compel arbitration of claims made by plaintiffs in a lawsuit arising from a foreclosure on a loan for a...

McCarthy v. Middle Tennessee Elec. Membership Corp.

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Contracts, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Government Law, Public Utilities
Dismissal of claims brought against electric cooperatives and the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) arising from the cooperatives' failure to...

Prof'l Staff Cong. - City Univ. of N.Y. v. New York State Pub. Employment Relations Bd.

Administrative Law, Contracts, Education Law, Intellectual Property, Labor & Employment Law
Annulling of a determination that a union had clearly and unambiguously waived the right to collectively bargain certain subjects, including...

Patchett v. Bergamot Station, Ltd.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Property Law & Real Estate
Confirmation of second arbitration award, involving a dispute regarding certain galleries, is affirmed as it was within the arbitrator's authority,...

Chee v. Amanda Goldt Prop. Mgmt.

Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Property Law & Real Estate
Judgment for defendants in case seeking damages for personal injuries plaintiff suffered when a dog belonging to a tenant of the unit next door jumped...

Hartford Accident & Indem. Co. v. Beaver

Class Actions, Contracts, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
Summary judgment for plaintiff insurers, ruling that the duty to defend under Florida law would not arise pursuant to a general liability policy...

Hyman v. City of Gastonia

Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure, Contracts, Insurance Law, Workers' Compensation
Appeal from dismissal of diversity action brought by plaintiff, liquidating trustee for workers' compensation self-insurance fund, is dismissed for...