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MYRICK v. PRIME INS.

Contracts, Remedies
In a breach of contract action, the award of punitive damages is reversed where defendant's conduct was not willful or in reckless disregard of...

STORAGE TECH. CORP. v. CISCO SYS. INC.

Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Remedies
In order to obtain a restitutionary remedy against a defendant for inducing an employee's breach of noncompetition and nondisclosure covenants, a...

HOVEIDA v. SCRIPPS HEALTH

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Health Law
In a breach of medical services contract action, plaintiff's appeal of a stipulated judgment is dismissed for lack of jurisdiction where the judgment...

SINGLETON CONTRACTING CORP. v. SEC'Y OF THE ARMY

Construction, Contracts
In a construction contract dispute, plaintiff's claim for unabsorbed overhead resulting from a contract delay is denied where it's non-compliance with...

HALL v. EARTHLINK NETWORK, INC.

Communications Law, Contracts, Cyberspace Law, Entertainment Law
Dismissal of plaintiff's Electronic Communications Privacy Act(ECPA) claim, alleging that defendant-ISP illegally intercepted his email, is affirmed...

WEINGARTEN NOSTAT, INC. v. SERV. MERCH. CO.

Bankruptcy Law, Contracts, Landlord Tenant Law, Property Law & Real Estate
11 U.S.C. section 363(m) requires the dismissal, as moot, of an appeal of a bankruptcy court order approving the sale of a property of an estate if...

WASH SOLUTIONS, INC. v. PDQ MFG.

Contracts
In an action for breach of a franchise agreement, a jury verdict in favor of plaintiff is affirmed where the evidence was sufficient to establish...

SAUDI BASIC INDUS. v. MOBIL YANBU CO.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Evidence
A jury verdict in favor of defendant, finding that plaintiff had breached the parties' joint venture agreements, is affirmed over plaintiff's...

BALDWIN BUILDERS v. COAST PLASTERING CORP.

Attorney's Fees, Construction, Contracts
A unilateral attorney fee clause included in an indemnity agreement, which provides for the recovery of attorney fees incurred in enforcing the...

PERSSON v. SMART INVENTIONS, INC.

Contracts, Corporation & Enterprise Law
Where an agreement is induced by fraud, the trial court has the equitable power to set aside a provision of the contract in which the parties released...