all - Opinion Summaries

COMMERCIAL UNION INS. CO. v. ALITALIA AIRLINES

Contracts, Transportation
In a case brought under the Warsaw Convention for damages to cargo, summary judgment to plaintiff is affirmed where plaintiff has standing to sue...

SEAWAY FOOD TOWN, INC v. MED. MUT. OF OHIO

Contracts, ERISA
Summary judgment to defendant is affirmed where the parties entered into a contract term at arm's length, the contract term conferred on one party the...

PBA, LLC. v. KPOD, LTD.

Contracts, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a complicated action involving the purchase, operation, and eventual sale of a hotel, the trial court erred in reversing an order declaring...

GERACI v. HOMESTREET BANK

Banking Law, Contracts
In a case where plaintiff's claim that mortgage fees and yield spread premiums exceeded a statutory cap on fees paid by the borrowers, the court did...

KOLLING v. AMERICAN POWER CONVERSION CORP.

Contracts, ERISA, Labor & Employment Law
Denial of plaintiff's claim for employee benefits neither violated the Employment Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), nor breached a...

KELTON ARMS CONDO. OWNERS ASS'N, INC. v. HOMESTEAD INS. CO.

Civil Procedure, Contracts
In a breach of contract suit, the district court's remand order is vacated because the federal removal statute, 28 U.S.C. section 1447(c), does not...

JOHN HANCOCK FIN. SERV., INC. v. OLD KENT BANK

Banking Law, Contracts, Debt Collection
In a case involving claims of common law conversion, UCC statutory conversion, and negligence, 1) the district court properly declined to apply UCC...

OTTO CANDIES, L.L.C. v. NIPPON KAIJI KYOKAI CORP.

Admiralty, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Transportation
General maritime law cautiously recognizes the tort of negligent misrepresentation as applied to vessel classification societies, and on the facts...

DINACO, INC. v. TIME WARNER, INC.

Contracts, Corporation & Enterprise Law
In an action for debts incurred by plaintiff based on an alleged joint venture between the defendant and a third party, summary judgement to...

STAMTEC, INC. v. ANSON STAMPING CO., LLC

Contracts, Remedies
In a breach of contract action, the district court's decision to include plaintiff's estimated delivery costs in its damages award is reversed, and a...