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Harper v. Vigilant Ins. Co.

Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
Summary judgment for defendant-insurer in a claim for damages incurred relating to HIV infection is affirmed where the assignor of rights to pursue...

Mpoyo v. Litton Electro-Optical Sys.

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
Dismissal based on res judicata of plaintiff's Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) claims against his former...

Smith v. Cupp

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
Denial of motion for summary judgment on grounds of qualified immunity brought by defendant, a deputy sheriff, is affirmed in a civil rights case...

Withhart v. Otto Candies, L.L.C.

Admiralty, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Property Law & Real Estate
The Federal Employers' Liability Act, and consequently, the Jones Act, contain no prohibition against a general maritime negligence and indemnity...

Hope v. Cal. Youth Auth.

Criminal Law & Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit by plaintiff, a cook at a correctional facility, against his former employer alleging sexual orientation harassment in violation of the...

Lolavar v. Santibanes

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, International Law
Dismissal of claims against defendant for lack of personal jurisdiction following his removal to federal court is affirmed where the district court...

Jean v. Dorelien

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, International Law
In a case involving alleged torture and extrajudicial killings by defendant in Haiti, orders dismissing plaintiffs' claims under the Alien Tort Claims...

US v. W.R. Grace & Co.

Administrative Law, Environmental Law, Government Law, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Remedies
Summary and declaratory judgments on liability and award of costs to the Environment Protection Agency (EPA) are affirmed in a challenge to its...

Szabla v. City of Brooklyn Park

Administrative Law, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
Summary judgment for defendants in a suit by a homeless plaintiff over a police dog attack is reversed as to his civil rights claim under 42 U.S.C....

Northwestern Mut. Life Ins. Co. v. Babayan

Contracts, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
Summary judgment for defendant in an insurance dispute over disability claims is affirmed where plaintiff's material omissions on an insurance...