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Thornton Drilling Co. v. Nat'l Union Fire Ins. Co. of Pittsburgh

Construction, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Oil and Gas Law
In a dispute over indemnity for a wrongful death action arising when an individual was killed by an explosion or blowout while working on an oil...

Madden v. Summit View, Inc.

Administrative Law, Construction, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a negligence case brought by an individual injured while working for a subcontractor at a home construction site, summary judgment for...

Harry C. Crooker & Sons, Inc. v. OSHRC

Construction, Injury & Tort Law
Petition for judicial review of decision upholding OSHA citation and penalty is denied over claims of error that: 1) compliance with the regulation...

Ctr. for Biological Diversity v. Marina Point Dev. Co.

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Construction, Environmental Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Water Law
In an action brought by environmental groups against developers raising claims under the Clean Water Act (CWA) and the Endangered Species Act (ESA),...

Citadel Group Ltd. v. Washington Reg'l. Med. Ctr.

Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Construction, Contracts
In a suit to recover development costs for a planned construction project in Arkansas, dismissal for lack of personal jurisdiction is reversed where...

Ramirez v. Nelson

Construction, Criminal Law & Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Public Utilities
In a wrongful death suit arising after an unlicensed contractor hired by defendants-homeowners to trim trees at their residence was electrocuted via a...

Lyerla v. AMCO Ins. Co.

Construction, Contracts, Insurance Law
In a breach of contract suit alleging that defendant-insurer failed to defend plaintiff-insured when he was sued over a construction contract, summary...

American Steel Erectors, Inc. v. Local Union No. 7

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Constitutional Law, Construction, Labor & Employment Law
In case alleging that iron workers' union conspired with local trade association to shut non-union contractors out of the structural steel industry in...

S. Carolina Dept. of Disabilities & Special Needs v. Hoover Universal, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Construction, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In product liability actions seeking damages from defendant's sale of defective trusses and sheathing, an order vacating summary judgment rulings for...

City of Hollister v. Monterey Ins. Co.

Civil Procedure, Construction, Contracts, Government Law, Insurance Law
In an action to recover destroyed building's "functional replacement value" under an insurance policy, judgment for plaintiff-city is affirmed over...