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Wood v. US

Injury & Tort Law, Government Law
In a suit brought by a Sheriff's Deputy, who was seriously injured during a training session on a Navy base when she jumped from a training structure...

Contreas v. Sec'y of Health and Human Servs.

Health Law, Injury & Tort Law
In an action brought by a petitioner seeking compensation for his Guillain-Barre Syndrome and Transverse Myelitis allegedly caused by vaccinations,...

Khan v. Shim

Injury & Tort Law, Attorney's Fees, Contracts
In an action involving a contract and tort claim, the trial court judgment is: 1) affirmed when the defendant is barred from a reward as the...

Turturro v. City of New York

Transportation, Injury & Tort Law, Government Law
In an injury and tort action, brought against defendant city after twelve-year old plaintiff was seriously injured in a collision involving a speeding...

Newcomb v. Middle County Central School District

Injury & Tort Law, Civil Procedure
In a civil action, arising from an auto accident allegedly caused by defendant school district's sign distracting and obstructing passing drivers on a...

Hain v. Jamison

Injury & Tort Law
In a negligence action, the Appellate Division's grant of defendant's motion for summary judgment is reversed where there is a material question as to...

Madrigal v. Victim Compensation & Govt. Claims Bd.

Civil Rights, Habeas Corpus, Injury & Tort Law, Administrative Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
In an administrative mandate action, challenging defendant board's denial of petitioner's compensation claim for wrongful imprisonment following a...

Hagerty v. Cyberonics, Inc.

Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Health Law
In a qui tam action alleging, among other things, that defendant violated the False Claims Act (FCA), 31 U.S.C. section 3729 et seq., and related...

Thompson v. Asimos

Injury & Tort Law, Contracts
In a case arising out of a business relationship between a consulting firm and a real estate broker hired as an independent contractor, in which each...

Gonzales v. City of Atwater

Injury & Tort Law, Government Law
In a case in which a driver was making a left turn at an intersection in the City of Atwater when she struck and killed a pedestrian in a crosswalk,...