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Koenig v. Theofilos

Contracts, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law
Summary judgment for a doctor in a dispute with an attorney for payment of medical bills out of the proceeds of a recovery in an underlying case is...

Pittsburgh & Conneaut Dock Co. v. Dir., Office of Workers' Comp. Programs

Administrative Law, Attorney's Fees, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
The lack of a written recommendation for the disposition of a controversy precludes attorney's fee liability under 33 U.S.C. section 928(b). In a case...

Thompson v. Hirano Tecseed Co., Ltd.

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In a suit against a manufacturer of an industrial laminator alleging design-defect and failure-to-warn claims arising out of a workplace injury,...

Estate of Phillips v. Dist. of Columbia

Constitutional Law, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a civil rights action, denial of a former police chief's motion to dismiss based on qualified immunity is reversed where the district court erred...

Greer v. Buzgheia

Civil Procedure, Evidence, Injury & Tort Law
Judgment for plaintiff and denial of judgment notwithstanding the verdict is affirmed over request for new trial or reduction in judgment on grounds...

Estate of Bing v. City of Whitehall

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Property Law & Real Estate
Summary judgment denying qualified immunity to defendant-police officers in a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 case involving a home invasion and a subsequent...

Highland Capital Mgmt., LP v. T.C. Group, L.L.C.

Banking Law, Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Injury & Tort Law, Securities Law
In litigation involving investments made by plaintiffs and defendants in a now-defunct company, defendants' motion to dismiss is denied where attached...

Great Am. Ins. Co. v. Dover, Dixon Horne, P.L.L.C.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Professional Malpractice
Summary judgment for defendant-law firm in a legal malpractice suit is affirmed where: 1) plaintiffs-insurers' suit was barred by a state law barring...

Falco v. Bridgestone/Firestone N. Am. Tire, LLC

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
In a personal injury case arising from an automobile accident, a petition for writ of certiorari is denied where it did not show that an order denying...

Johnson v. Swerdzewski

Civil Procedure, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Professional Malpractice
Judgment notwithstanding verdict (JNOV) entered in a dental malpractice action in favor of defendant is reversed and remanded with directions that the...