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Shoppes of Liberty City, LLC v. Sotolongo

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
Order denying defendant in a personal injury action recovery for attorney's fees and costs pursuant to unaccepted settlement proposals is reversed...

The Scotts Co. v. Hacienda Loma Linda

Agriculture, Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, International Law, Product Liability
Order denying defendant's motion to dismiss a suit by a Panamanian corporation based on forum non conveniens is reversed where: 1) Panama is an...

Kirkpatrick & Lockhart LLP

Injury & Tort Law, Professional Malpractice
While otherwise affirmed, the trial court's denial of plaintiff's motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict in a legal malpractice action is...

Wise v. Wachovia Sec., LLC

Civil Procedure, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Injury & Tort Law
Refusal to set aside the decision of a panel of arbitrators in a dispute over fraudulent investment advice is affirmed where the plaintiffs did not...

Niemec v. Union Pac. R.R. Co.

Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Remedies, Transportation
A judgment and award of damages for plaintiff, a yard engineer employed by defendant-railroad company, in a negligence and loss of consortium suit...

Kushner v. City of Albany

Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
Granting of directed verdict as whether plaintiff's alleged injuries resulted from an affirmative act of negligence that would preclude defendant city...

Vaden v. Summerhill

Civil Procedure, Criminal Law & Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
The Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA) requires that a prisoner exhaust administrative remedies before submitting any papers to the federal courts.

Polone v. Comm'r of Internal Revenue

Administrative Law, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Remedies, Tax Law
A determination of a taxpayer's tax liability for certain years is affirmed where payments he received after the effective date of amendments to 26...

Miedema v. Maytag Corp.

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Consumer Protection Law, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
Order granting plaintiff's motion to remand to state court for lack of subject matter jurisdiction is affirmed over claims that: 1) the district court...

Henderson v. George Washington Univ.

Evidence, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Professional Malpractice
A judgment pursuant to a jury verdict in favor of a doctor in a medical malpractice action arising from plaintiff's gastric bypass surgery is reversed...