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Murray v. Fidelity Nat'l Fin. Inc.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Insurance Law
In a class action alleging overcharges by a title insurance company, dismissal of the action is affirmed where the original named plaintiffs, after...

Richards v. Hewlett-Packard Corp.

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, ERISA, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In plaintiff's ERISA action, district court's summary judgment ruling upholding the termination of plaintiff's long-term disability benefits by...

Voss v. Rolland

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Government Law, Health Law
In a challenge by a small number of plaintiff class members to a 2008 amended settlement arising from a 1998 class action suit brought by...

Gastineau v. Wright

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Debt Collection, Remedies
District court's award of $53,305.00 in attorney's fees rather than plaintiffs' attorney's request for $140,290.00 in an action under the Fair Debt...

Edward J. Goodman Life Income Trust v. Jabil Circuit, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Securities Law
In a securities fraud class action alleging options backdating, the dismissal of the complaint is affirmed where: 1) plaintiffs failed to plead any...

Huggins v. FedEx Ground Package Sys., Inc.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Transportation
In an action arising out of a truck accident, summary judgment for defendants is affirmed in part where the district court did not clearly err in...

In re United Scaffolding, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
In plaintiff's action for damages he suffered when he fell from a scaffolding unit built by the defendant company, trial court abused its discretion...

In re United Scaffolding, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
In plaintiff's action for damages he suffered when he fell from a scaffolding unit built by the defendant company, trial court abused its discretion...

Kelly v. Gen. Interior Constr., Inc.

Civil Procedure, Construction, Contracts
In a contract dispute involving renovation of a hotel in Houston, judgment of the court of appeals dismissing plaintiff's claims against the...

Carroll v. Carroll

Civil Procedure
In an action seeking to remove a trustee of an irrevocable trust, the judgment of the court of appeals is reversed and the judgment of the county...