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Bermudez v. PTFE Compounds

Administrative Law, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
In a worker's compensation case, a decision of the Industrial Accident Board denying an employee's petition to determine compensation due is affirmed...

Ness v. Bayhealth Med. Ctr., Inc.

Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Evidence, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Professional Malpractice
In a medical malpractice case, plaintiffs' motion in limine to preclude defendants from impeaching the testimony of their expert in neurosurgery with...

Murphy v. Internal Revenue Serv.

Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law, Tax Law
Summary judgment for defendants, regarding taxpayer's claims under 26 U.S.C. section 104(a)(2), is vacated as, to the extent section 104(a)(2) permits...

Ray v. Goodman

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Property Law & Real Estate
Post-judgment order awarding plaintiff pre-judgment interest from the date of his second, not his first, Code of Civil Procedure section 998...

Horizon Personal Communications, Inc. v. Sprint Corp.

Commercial Law, Communications Law, Contracts, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Injury & Tort Law, Intellectual Property, M&A, Remedies, Trademark
In a breach of contract action arising out of the merger of Nextel with and into a subsidiary of Sprint, the court finds that: 1) Sprint Nextel will...

Steering Comm. v. Exxon Mobil Corp.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Injury & Tort Law, Oil and Gas Law
In a mass tort action, an order denying certification to members of a purported class alleging claims against defendant-oil company arising out of a...

Mortellite v. Novartis Crop Protection, Inc.

Agriculture, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
Summary judgment against blueberry farmers who filed suit against a pesticide company for damages to their crops is vacated in part where plaintiffs'...

Reinco, Inc. v. Thompson

Agriculture, Civil Procedure, Evidence, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
Grant of a new trial, following a jury verdict in favor of the manufacturer of a hydroseeder, in a product liability case is vacated where the record...

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...

Anderson v. Wagner

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Professional Malpractice
Orders dismissing with prejudice plaintiff's medical malpractice claims against defendants involving two foot surgeries are affirmed over claims that...