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Horning v. Shilberg

Attorney's Fees, Contracts, Property Law & Real Estate
In a breach of a contract claim, the trial court's award of attorney fees and costs, under Civil Code section 1717, to defendant as the prevailing...

McGow v. McCurry

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
The district court erred in applying Georgia law instead of Michigan law in interpreting insurance policies where all three policies in issue were...

Weis-Buy Serv. Inc. v. Paglia

Civil Procedure, Contracts
Plaintiff-seller's claim, seeking recoupment of money owed from fruit shipments, is dismissed where plaintiff did not bring the action within the...

Podobnik v. US Postal Serv.

Civil Rights, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
Plaintiff's claims, alleging that defendant violated both the Age Discrimination in Employment Act and a collective bargaining agreement, are...

CERAbio v. Wright Med. Tech.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Evidence
In a contract dispute, defendant is entitled to a new trial where the district court excluded evidence that would have likely affected the jury's...

Travelers Cas. v. Employers Ins.

Contracts, Insurance Law
In an insurance coverage dispute arising from a products liability lawsuit, the trial court erred in finding that policy exclusions precluded coverage...

Hansson v. Norton

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Contracts
The district court lacked jurisdiction over plaintiff's claim for attorney's fees since it is a contract claim against the United States for more than...

Alticor, Inc. v. Nat'l Union Fire Ins. Co.

Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Insurance Law
In a dispute concerning the terms of an insurance policy, defendant-insurance company's motion to compel arbitration is denied where the arbitration...

Gorman v. Carpenters' & Millwrights Health Benefit Trust

Contracts, ERISA, Labor & Employment Law
The district court properly granted plaintiff-employee equitable relief from the terms of a subrogation contract on the ground that defendant acted...

Postlewaite v. McGraw-Hill, Inc.

Contracts, Copyright, Intellectual Property
The district court properly dismissed plaintiff's breach of contract claim which alleges that defendant-transferor failed to pay royalties, allegedly...