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Barnes v. Wright

Administrative Law, Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Environmental Law, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
Denial of qualified immunity to conservation officers in a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 case alleging that the officers had maliciously prosecuted plaintiff...

Thompson v. Gordon

Evidence, Injury & Tort Law
In a personal injury accident arising from a traffic collision, the affidavit of a civil engineer licensed in the District of Columbia is admissible...

State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co. v. Nichols

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
In the context of insurers' recovery of attorney's fees, a suit for PIP benefits is a "civil action for damages" to which the offer of judgment...

Jackson v. Nicholson

Administrative Law, Government Benefits, Government Law, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Military Law
The term "appellate decision" in 38 C.F.R. section 3.156(b) refers only to a Board of Veterans' Appeals decision and not a subsequent judicial...

Mest v. Cabot Corp.

Agriculture, Environmental Law, Injury & Tort Law, Property Law & Real Estate
Summary judgment dismissing, as time-barred, plaintiffs-dairy farmers' claims involving allegations that plaintiffs' cows and farmland were poisoned...

Citizens Ins. Co. of Am. v. MidMichigan Health ConnectCare Network Plan

Contracts, ERISA, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
Denial of plaintiff-insurer's motion for summary judgment in a coverage priority dispute is reversed where a district court erred in deciding that...

Isla Nena Air Servs. v. Cessna Aircraft Co.

Contracts, Injury & Tort Law
Dismissal of plaintiff's complaint for failure to state a claim is affirmed where the Puerto Rican courts would likely apply the economic loss rule...

Discover Prop. & Cas. Ins. Co. v. Beach Cars of West Palm, Inc.

Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Product Liability
A trial court judgment obligating an insurer to cover its insured, a car dealership, for an auto accident which occurred after the policy's expiration...

Herrera v. Lufkin Indus., Inc.

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Oil and Gas Law
Summary judgment on hostile work environment and breach of contract claims, judgment as a matter of law on intentional infliction of emotional...

Home Loan Corp. v. Aza

Banking Law, Corp. Governance, Injury & Tort Law, Property Law & Real Estate
Dismissal of third amended complaint against a corporate officer is reversed and remanded where the officer may be held personally liable for her own...