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Kosseff v. Ciocia

Contracts, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, M&A
In a suit brought by a shareholder alleging that defendant board members breached their fiduciary duties to a corporation in approving a particular...

Grey Direct, Inc. v. Erie Ins. Exch.

Contracts, Insurance Law, Media Law
Summary judgment for defendant-insurer is affirmed where: 1) plaintiff did not purchase the relevant coverage until well after the incident occurred...

Wise v. Am. Gen. Life Ins. Co.

Contracts, Cyberspace Law, Insurance Law
In a coverage dispute over a life insurance policy, dismissal of plaintiff's complaint is affirmed where the life insurance policy at issue was not in...

Atkinson v. Lafayette College

Civil Rights, Contracts, Education Law
Grant of defendants' motion for partial dismissal as to a former director of athletics' retaliation claims under Title IX is vacated pursuant to the...

Thyroff v. Nationwide Mut. Ins. Co,

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Cyberspace Law, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
Summary judgment for defendants on breach-of-contract claim is affirmed where plaintiff has failed to satisfy the burden necessary to bring this claim...

Certain Underwriters at Lloyd's, London v. Warrantech Corp.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
In a case arising from the administration of consumer warranties and extended service plans on computers, and related items sold by a national...

Rapid Test Prods., Inc. v. Durham Sch. Servs., Inc.

Civil Rights, Contracts, Education Law
Summary judgment for defendant in a race and sex discrimination case under 42 U.S.C. section 1981 involving services contracts is reversed where the...

Cotton v. Commodore Express, Inc.

Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Transportation
In a coverage dispute brought by plaintiffs representing persons killed during a multi-vehicle accident involving a leased tractor-trailer driven by...

Pauley v. Ball Metal Beverage Container Corp.

Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Workers' Compensation
Summary judgment for defendants in a wrongful death suit brought by the family of a subcontractor's employee against a contractor, an individual and a...

Ciambrone v. State of Florida

Contracts, Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
A conviction pursuant to a plea to second degree murder is reversed with directions to permit defendant to withdraw her plea where it was involuntary...