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FIEGE v. COOKE

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
The trial court's enforcement of a settlement is affirmed over plaintiff's challenge that the settlement was unenforceable since three of the parties...

TEXAS A&M UNIV. v. BISHOP

Education Law, Injury & Tort Law
A faculty advisor's failure to properly supervise props that a director chose for a drama club production does not constitute a use of tangible...

DIAMOND SHAMROCK REFINING CO. v. HALL

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
In a wrongful death action, judgment for plaintiff is reversed where clear and convincing evidence does not support the jury's finding that...

CARREON v. ILL DEPT. OF HUMAN SERV.

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
Dismissal of plaintiffs' suit, alleging retaliation for speaking out on matters of public concern, is affirmed where defendant-employer had adequate...

Hobbs v. Hartford Ins. Co.

Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
In consolidated appeals related to whether an insured may aggregate the limits of liability for underinsured-motorist coverage where multiple vehicles...

GONZALES v. SAN JOSE

Constitutional Law, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
San Jose Municipal Code section 14.16.2205, which makes owners of property abutting city owned sidewalks liable to those who are injured as a result...

BAUTISTA v. STAR CRUISES

Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a wrongful death action stemming from an explosion aboard a cruise ship, the seamen employment contract exemption, contained in the Federal...

LANG v. MORANT

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
In an automobile personal-injury action, the trial judge abused her discretion by setting aside a jury verdict in plaintiff's favor since the evidence...

HOMES v. KRAUS-ANDERSON CONSTR.

Construction, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law
The district court did not err in finding plaintiff had failed to satisfy the contractual condition precedent to litigation where it had not given...

THOMAS v. PRINCIPI

Government Benefits, Injury & Tort Law, Military Law
The Veterans' Judicial Review Act does not deprive a district court of jurisdiction over an action brought pursuant to the Federal Tort Claims Act by...