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Henao v. Prof'l Shoe Repair, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Labor & Employment Law
A complaint which seeks enforcement of a covenant not to compete, executed by the buyer of a business in favor of the seller, states a viable cause of...

DaimlerChrysler Corp. Healthcare Benefits Plan v. Durden

Civil Procedure, Contracts, ERISA, Family Law, Health Law, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
Summary judgment for one claimant in an interpleader action filed by a pension plan seeking a declaration as to which of two claimants was decedent's...

Old Stone Corp. v. US

Banking Law, Contracts, Government Law, M&A, Remedies
An award of damages for the government's breach of contract with a former bank holding company via the elimination of regulatory capital by the...

Delaware Bay Surgical Servs., P.A. v. Swier

Attorney's Fees, Contracts, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law, Remedies
Under the Wage Payment and Collection Act (WPCA), an employer may withhold wages when there are reasonable grounds for a dispute between the employer...

Backwater, Inc. v. Penn-Am. Ins. Co.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Evidence, Insurance Law
Summary judgment for defendant-insurer in a bad faith claim is affirmed where the insurer acted in good faith since conflicting inferences could be...

State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co. v. Sharkey

Attorney's Fees, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
Denial of an insurer's motion for attorney's fees and costs in a suit for coverage arising from a car accident is reversed where the insurer had a...

Assiff v. Carnival Corp.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law
Dismissal of a personal injury suit against a cruise line is affirmed where there was no statutory authority to remove the action to federal court...

Petruska v. Gannon Univ.

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Contracts, Education Law, Labor & Employment Law
Where otherwise illegal discrimination is based on religious belief, religious doctrine, or the internal regulations of a church, the First Amendment...

United Food & Commercial Workers' Union v. St. John's Mercy Health Sys.

Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law, Remedies
Summary judgment confirming an arbitration award in favor of a union requiring defendant-medical center to discharge nurses and pay the union overdue...

Superior Beverage Co., Inc. v. Schieffelin & Co.

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Contracts
An order remanding and dismissing an action alleging violation of Ohio's Alcohol Beverage Franchise Act (ABFA) arising from defendant-alcohol...