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Carmona v. Carmona

Civil Procedure, ERISA, Family Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In an ERISA battle between the eight and ninth wives of a deceased pension holder, judgment in favor of defendant is affirmed in part and reversed in...

Soc. Servs.Payment Cases

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Government Benefits, Government Law, Health Law
In a claim brought by an uncertified class comprised of current and former foster children and their foster families contending that they were...

ExcelStor Tech., Inc. v. Papst Licensing GMBH & Co. KG

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Intellectual Property, Patent
In an action claiming fraud and breach of contract arising out of an agreement to license a patent for the manufacture of hard disk drives, dismissal...

3M Co. v. Amtex Sec., Inc.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Injury & Tort Law
When a motion to compel arbitration and a motion for a stay are brought separately, they should be treated individually and the resulting order...

Assoc. Builders & Contractors v. Michigan Dep't of Labor & Econ. Growth

Civil Procedure, ERISA, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
ERISA does not preempt two provisions of a Michigan law governing the training of apprentice electricians since, under applicable Supreme Court...

Harvey v. Grey Wolf Drilling Co.

Civil Procedure, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Oil and Gas Law
In a negligence suit by surviving family members against a decedent's employer, dismissal for lack of complete diversity between the parties is...

Dummar v. Lummis

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Probate, Trusts & Estates
In a case involving the estate of the late billionaire Howard Hughes alleging that defendants deprived plaintiff of his inheritance by conspiring to...

State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co. v. Boellstorff

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
The circuit court predicts that the Colorado Supreme Court would apply the class action tolling doctrine, originally announced in American Pipe &...

Cincinnati Indem. Co. v. A & K Constr. Co.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
In workers' compensation insurer's suit seeking a declaratory judgment that an individual was not an employee of defendant when he was injured,...

Fairbanks Northstar Borough v. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Construction, Environmental Law, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Water Law
In a dispute over the classification of land as wetlands protected by Clean Water Act, dismissal for lack of jurisdiction due to lack of a final...