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Ades-Berg Investors v. Breeden

Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure, Contracts
A judgment dismissing as untimely an appeal from a bankruptcy court order authorizing a bankruptcy trustee to enter into a settlement agreement is...

Healy v. Tuscany Hills Landscape & Recreation Corp.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Property Law & Real Estate
An order denying a special motion to strike a cause of action for defamation asserted by defendant-homeowner in a dispute with a homeowners...

Spero Elec. Corp. v. Int'l Bhd. of Elec. Workers

Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Labor & Employment Law
A judgment enforcing an arbitration award rendered in favor of an employee discharged for violating his employer's no-smoking rule is reversed where...

Thorstenson v. Norton

Administrative Law, Bankruptcy Law, Constitutional Law, Contracts, Indian Law, Property Law & Real Estate
Summary judgment for defendant in a dispute involving tribal land held in trust by the United States government is affirmed since plaintiff's action...

Knoepfler v. Guardian Life Ins. Co. of Am.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
Summary judgment for defendant-insurers on plaintiff's claims for benefits under two policies of disability insurance pursuant to a finding that they...

Boss v. Am. Express Fin. Advisors

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Labor & Employment Law
Summary judgment for defendant in a putative class action suit brought by first-year financial advisors involving alleged wage law violations by...

Staffpro, Inc. v. Elite Show Servs., Inc.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
For purposes of maintaining an action for malicious prosecution, the element of "favorable termination" of the underlying litigation can not be...

Mercedes Homes, Inc. v. Rosario

Construction, Consumer Protection Law, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Property Law & Real Estate
An order denying defendant's motion to compel arbitration as to certain counts of plaintiffs' multicount complaint involving a home construction...

City of St. Joseph v. Southwestern Bell Telephone

Civil Procedure, Communications Law, Construction, Contracts, Evidence, Injury & Tort Law
Summary judgment for defendant-phone company in a suit brought by a municipality claiming contractor costs as a result of defendant's failure to...

Marcy v. Daimlerchrysler

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Contracts
The Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act (MMWA) does not preempt Florida law in connection with the issue of attorneys' fees. An award of attorneys' fees...