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Bennett v. Southwest Airlines Co.

Civil Procedure, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Transportation
In a case involving several individuals' claims against an airline, an airplane manufacturer and the city of Chicago after a plane ran off a runway...

Preston v. Tenet Healthsystem Mem. Med. Ctr., Inc.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a class action involving claims for injuries and deaths allegedly caused by defects and unreasonably dangerous conditions at defendants' medical...

Madden v. Del Taco

Civil Rights, Injury & Tort Law
Summary adjudication in favor of defendant restaurant owner is revered as allowing a concrete trash container to block wheelchair access to a...

Breen v. Texas A & M Univ.

Civil Rights, Education Law, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
In 42 U.S.C. section 1983 claims for damages arising out of the collapse of the Texas A&M University bonfire stack which killed or injured...

Otis Elevator Co. v. Midland Red Oak Realty, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a suit brought by an elevator service company against a glass company and property owner seeking indemnity for the amount of settling an underlying...

Stonelight Tile v. California Ins. Guar. Ass'n

Contracts, Environmental Law, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
In insurance coverage dispute arising from litigation over damages from repeated exposure to dust from recycling operations, summary judgment for...

Ruiz-Rosa v. Rivera-Gonzalez

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Professional Malpractice
In a suit alleging violations of the Fifth, Eighth, and Fourteenth Amendments under 42 U.S.C. section 1983 and medical malpractice under Puerto Rico...

Alexander v. Mt. Sinai Hosp. Med. Ctr.

Civil Procedure, Evidence, Government Law, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Professional Malpractice
In a medical malpractice action removed to federal court after one of the doctors was deemed to be a federal employee, judgment for defendants is...

Greyhound Lines v. Wade

Evidence, Injury & Tort Law, Sanctions, Transportation
In a suit brought by Greyhound against defendants arising from an accident in which defendant's truck rear-ended a bus traveling below the posted...

Locke v. SunTrust Bank

Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
In suit against employer for injuries plaintiff sustained during a bank robbery, dismissal of complaint is affirmed as: 1) the negligence claim is...