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HDM FLUGSERVICE GMBH v. PARKER HANNAFIN CORP.

Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability, Transportation
The economic loss doctrine under Ohio law applies to an aviation service provider's claims for strict liability and implied warranty, arising from...

INSTONE TRAVEL TECH MARINE & OFFSHORE v. INT'L SHIPPING PARTNERS, INC.

Commercial Law, Contracts
The district court did not err in finding that plaintiff bound itself in a credit agreement, under Texas law, to reimburse defendant for airline...

GUY CARPENTER & CO., INC. v. PROVENZALE

Commercial Law, Contracts, Labor & Employment Law, Trade Secrets
A non-solicitation covenant in an employment agreement was enforceable under Texas law. Thus, denial of a preliminary injunction on that basis was an...

INLAND BULK TRANSFER CO. v. CUMMINS ENGINE CO.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
A contract arbitration provision was enforceable, but because district courts only have power to compel arbitration within their own districts and the...

MID-AM. TITLE CO. v. TRANSNATION TITLE INS. CO.

Contracts, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Insurance Law
In a diversity suit for breach of contract brought by a title insurance agent against an underwriter, insufficient evidence existed for a jury to find...

STEVENS SHIPPING AND TERMINAL CO. v. JAPAN RAINBOW II MV

Admiralty, Contracts
A fax confirmation sheet created a rebuttable presumption that defendant delivered the notice and that plaintiff received it. Thus, a prohibition of...

DIAMOND WOODWORKS, INC. v. ARGONAUT INS. CO.

Contracts, Remedies
Judgments on breach of contract, bad faith claim, and finding of liability for fraud are affirmed. Compensatory damages based on fraud and punitive...

AM. STATE BANK v. UNION PLANTERS BANK, N.A.

Banking Law, Commercial Law, Contracts
Where one payee indorsed a check that was payable jointly to two payees, and a bank paid the indorsing payee without the other's consent, the bank's...

WASTAK v. LEHIGH VALLEY HEALTH NETWORK

Contracts, Labor & Employment Law
Summary judgment in favor of employer is affirmed where plaintiff's suit was precluded by a valid release agreement, pursuant to which plaintiff, in...

IN RE: HUMANA INC. MANAGED CARE LITIGATION

Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Health Law
On remand from the US Supreme Court, the district court's ruling that defendant managed-health-care organizations' arbitration clauses which...